Basic usage
Open Ol Chiki Gaban. Make sure Enable keyboard is checked. Now you can write Ol Chiki everywhere. You can press Ctrl + Spacebar anytime to switch between Ol Chiki and English.
Accepting suggestions
Sometimes the keyboard may show you suggestions. To accept a suggestion, press the Tab key in your keyboard. This only works when the suggestion is still showing on the screen.
You can try writing ᱱᱜ then pressing Tab to see how it works.
Default keyboard layout
| Letter | Input |
|---|---|
| ᱚ | O or Shift + A |
| ᱛ | T |
| ᱜ | G |
| ᱝ | N, G -> Tab |
| ᱞ | L |
| ᱟ | A |
| ᱠ | K |
| ᱡ | J |
| ᱢ | M |
| ᱣ | W |
| Letter | Input |
|---|---|
| ᱤ | I |
| ᱥ | S |
| ᱦ | Shift + H |
| ᱧ | Q or N, J -> Tab |
| ᱨ | R |
| ᱩ | U |
| ᱪ | C |
| ᱫ | D |
| ᱬ | Shift + N |
| ᱭ | Y |
| Letter | Input |
|---|---|
| ᱮ | E |
| ᱯ | P |
| ᱰ | Shift + D |
| ᱱ | N |
| ᱲ | Shift + R |
| ᱳ | Shift + O |
| ᱴ | Shift + T |
| ᱵ | B |
| ᱶ | Shift + W |
| ᱷ | H |
| Letter | Input |
|---|---|
| ᱸ | Backtick key (`) |
| ᱹ | Period key (.) |
| ᱺ | Backtick, Period -> Tab |
| ᱻ | Shift + Backtick |
| ᱼ | Dash key |
| ᱽ | Z |
| ᱾ | Shift + Period key |
| ᱿ | Period, Peroid -> Tab |
| — | Dash, Dash -> Tab |
| Letter | Input |
|---|---|
| ᱑ | 1 |
| ᱒ | 2 |
| ᱓ | 3 |
| ᱔ | 4 |
| ᱕ | 5 |
| ᱖ | 6 |
| ᱗ | 7 |
| ᱘ | 8 |
| ᱙ | 9 |
| ᱐ | 0 |
| Letter | Input |
|---|---|
| ᱚ | O or Shift + A |
| ᱛ | T |
| ᱜ | G |
| ᱝ | N, G -> Tab |
| ᱞ | L |
| ᱟ | A |
| ᱠ | K |
| ᱡ | J |
| ᱢ | M |
| ᱣ | W |
| ᱤ | I |
| ᱥ | S |
| ᱦ | Shift + H |
| ᱧ | Q or N, J -> Tab |
| ᱨ | R |
| ᱩ | U |
| ᱪ | C |
| ᱫ | D |
| ᱬ | Shift + N |
| ᱭ | Y |
| ᱮ | E |
| ᱯ | P |
| ᱰ | Shift + D |
| ᱱ | N |
| ᱲ | Shift + R |
| ᱳ | Shift + O |
| ᱴ | Shift + T |
| ᱵ | B |
| ᱶ | Shift + W |
| ᱷ | H |
| ᱸ | Backtick key (`) |
| ᱹ | Period key (.) |
| ᱺ | Backtick, Period -> Tab |
| ᱻ | Shift + Backtick |
| ᱼ | Dash key |
| ᱽ | Z |
| ᱾ | Shift + Period key |
| ᱿ | Period, Peroid -> Tab |
| — | Dash, Dash -> Tab |
| ᱑ | 1 |
| ᱒ | 2 |
| ᱓ | 3 |
| ᱔ | 4 |
| ᱕ | 5 |
| ᱖ | 6 |
| ᱗ | 7 |
| ᱘ | 8 |
| ᱙ | 9 |
| ᱐ | 0 |
Configurations
Now we are going to explain what each of the options in the app does.
Enable keyboard
Turn on/off the keyboard. You can use the hotkey (by default, which is Ctrl + Spacebar) to quickly switch between input methods.
Custom hotkey
If you don't like the current hotkey, you can change the hotkey that will be used to switch keyboard.
Minimize to system tray
Minimizes the keyboard to the system tray, so that you can continue to use the keyboard even while the app is closed. You can still exit the app by right clicking the system tray icon and selecting Exit. If you uncheck this option, the app will exit as soon as you close the app window.
Switch keys based on context
Currently, it automatically switches between ᱦ and ᱷ based on the previously typed letter. So, most of the time you would just press H and not worry if its shift or not.
In future, more context based key switching may come. But for now, it's limited to H key.
Key assignments
Using this you can change the default layout of the keyboard. After editing, click Save to start using your own layout. If something goes wrong, you can always use Reset to default.
NOTE: Use d to retain the default function of any key. You can find that for all number keys, the "Shift" is set to d.
Replacements
You can use replacement for writing long words easily. Currently, replacements are only used for letters that do not have proper key assignment, like ᱝ, ᱧ, ᱿.
Virtual keyboard
Opens the virtual keyboard for typing. You can also open by right clicking the system tray icon and selecting Open Virtual keyboard.