2.0.0

If you had installed OpenBangla Keyboard 1.5.1 or earlier version, please uninstall it first.

Changes in this release:

• Complete re-implementation of input method functionalities in Rust. (#107) It is ~1.2x faster in searching dictionary suggestions.
• Dictionary suggestion is now available in Fixed Method Layouts(Provat, National etc.) (#61, #6)
• Phonetic suggestion now includes the typed English word as the last item in the suggestion list. (#121, #124)
• UI Refresh & Polish
  • Uses Material Design Icons. (#165)
  • Merges the About button and it's menu into the Icon button which is also used to move the TopBar. This shrinks the TopBar a little. (#165)
  • Redesign the Layout Viewer Dialog. (#115, #145)
  • Redesign the About Dialog. (#116, #155)
  • Redesign the Settings Dialog. This also merges all the available settings from the settings menu. (#159)
  • Polish the Auto Correct entries Dialog. (#164)
• Introduces a new Fixed Keyboard layout format. (#143)
  • Now all of the keyboard layout we distribute are 58% smaller altogether.
  • Properly supports other system keyboard layouts instead of just the Qwerty layout.
  • Supports AltGr & ShiftAltGr layer of numerical keys.
  • Automatic conversion of old layout formats.
• Now AltGr layer can be typed with the Right Alt key in Fixed Keyboard methods. (#152)
• Bug Fix: Handle the BackSlash key in Fixed Keyboard methods. (#98)
• Bug Fix: Crash when using the Arrow keys in phonetic method. (#123)
• Bug Fix: Fix writing of Hasant + য and য-ফলা(্য) in Fixed Keyboard methods. (#117, #163)
• Bug Fix: Fix Window Manager losing the track of the TopBar issue. (#153, #171)
• Follows XDG Directory Specification for storing user specific data. (#16) Automatically migrates user specific files into the new place.
• Changes binary names to be more UNIX like. (#103)
• Huge infrastructural change: We now use Github Actions and Bintray for automating our testing and package deployment. (#130)

1.5.1

• Fixes a dictionary loading issue which was affecting in some scenarios. (#73)
• Polished some UI dialogs. (#66)

1.5.0

• AutoCorrect item is shown as the first suggestion item if available when writing using Avro Phonetic method. (#42)
• Performance update for Avro Phonetic suggestion making code. (#42)
• Be less restrictive when saving users selection. (#41)
• Now it is possible to write using AltGr and ShiftAltGr layer when using Fixed layout methods. Fixes bug #40.
• Auto-update checking is now configurable from settings dialog. There is now also a menu item in the TopBar for instant update checking. (#32)
• Fixed a crash. (#52)

1.4.0

• Fixes a serious bug #26.
• OpenBangla Keyboard will check for updates automatically and notify the user if an update is available.

1.3.0: বৈশাখী

• OpenBangla Keyboard now features a Phonetic AutoCorrect Preference Dialog #20. User now can view/edit/add AutoCorrect entries.
• Better Topbar integration with X11 windowing system and reduce the size of TopBar #22.
• Let users turn off candidate box #11
• Build system improvement. There is no need to pass CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX when building.
• Now supports RPM packaging.
• Fixed issue #17. OpenBangla Keyboard was failing to store Layout setting when using Qt 5.10 version.
• Improved Settings dialog UI.
• Rewritten Avro Layout conversion code. OpenBangla Keyboard now handles errors more gracefully and reports them to the user.

1.2.0

• Fixed a memory leak.
• Fixed a long standing bug #8.

For Ubuntu 16.04: Download OpenBangla-Keyboard-1.2.0-Linux-Ubuntu16_04.deb
For Ubuntu 17.04: Download OpenBangla-Keyboard-1.2.0-Linux-Ubuntu17_04.deb

1.1.0

• Improved Phonetic support. Resolves issue #2. Now Phonetic support is mostly complete!
• A new button in TopBar for easily moving it.
• User can select candidate by clicking.
• These new layouts were added: Munir Optima (uni), Avro Easy, National (Jatiya) and Probhat. Thanks to OmicronLab because these layouts were also imported from Avro Keyboard!

1.0.0: Probhat

First release! All things are new!

Changes after 0.1.0 beta:

• New feature: Tab to switch between the matches in candidate window
• While typing numbers in phonetic method, pressing : should make it : not ঃ
• Old Reph feature in fixed typing method
• User can select the orientation of candidate window in Settings
• Icons for OpenBangla Keyboard by @saaiful

Known issues:

• #2 Implement suffix phonetic suggestion

0.1.0-beta

First beta release! 🎉
Everything, everything...is 🆕!!