New french layout

[deadalnix]

Language

French

Kind of request

Changes on an existing layout

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Hi,

I'm an old time message ease user, and with it requiring subscription, I had to ask myself if it was worth it. The major reason I decided against is that the French layout isn't that good, which is fine for a free option, but not good enough for a paying one.

There are a number of issues with it, such as "*" and "¨" not being available in the letter panel, but only in the number one.

I'm happy to put in the work to iterate on a better French layout, and I'm not really asking the current maintainer to do it, but I would need some direction as to whether this is something you'd be open to, and how you want to proceed with it.

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[nightkr]

Hey, have you checked out whether @Crazy-Unicooorn's expanded FR layout is closer to your needs (#122)? Otherwise I'd be happy to take a PR for your take on it.

[deadalnix]

I was not aware or @Crazy-Unicoom 's work. I'll check it out and come back to this issue. Thanks!

[deadalnix]

After looking into it, it introduces unjustified discrepancies with the good old ME layout that cannot be explained, and still doesn't have all the French characters, such as « , » or "œ" .

I'd be happy to collaborate with @Crazy-Unicooorn if he/she's up for it and fix that situation without ending up creating 20 different layout for one language, which isn't going to help anyone.

[Crazy-Unicooorn]

After looking into it, it introduces unjustified discrepancies with the good old ME layout that cannot be explained, and still doesn't have all the French characters, such as « , » or "œ" .

I'd be happy to collaborate with @Crazy-Unicooorn if he/she's up for it and fix that situation without ending up creating 20 different layout for one language, which isn't going to help anyone.

I don't mind changes on my version!
I have no experience with ME, feel free to suggest a way to add "œ" and fix the discrepancies 😄

[nightkr]

This issue has been migrated to Codeberg: see https://codeberg.org/natkr/flickboard/issues/136 for any further discussion!