How to package a new keyboard layout for Touch/Paperwhite

[gdamjan]

I've created a keyboard layout for macedonnian language (uses cyrillic).
I've tested it on both Touch and Paperwhite (with firmware 5.x), but I've used ssh access to get the original "keyboard.cramfs.img" add the layout to it, hack the utils.so file and package it again.

I'd like to make a simpler method now, that would be useful for people that otherwise wouldn't be comforable to use a unix shell. What is my best option here?

[knc1]

Originally Posted by gdamjan

I've created a keyboard layout for macedonnian language (uses cyrillic).
I've tested it on both Touch and Paperwhite (with firmware 5.x), but I've used ssh access to get the original "keyboard.cramfs.img" add the layout to it, hack the utils.so file and package it again.

I'd like to make a simpler method now, that would be useful for people that otherwise wouldn't be comforable to use a unix shell. What is my best option here?

A "bind" mount of the custom file living in USB storage onto the system file.
*) If something goes wrong, relatively easy to recover from the change.
*) Will not be over-written by Amazon image file updates.

[kaznelson]

gdamjan
For example, change "Italian" language and install your macedonian keyboard to /var/local/keyboard/it:

/etc/upstart/kbd_mac.conf

start on mounted_userstore

task

script
	[ -d "/var/local/keyboard/it" ] || mkdir -p /var/local/keyboard/it
	mount --bind /var/local/keyboard/it /usr/share/keyboard/it
end script

Working source with russian keyboard on the-ebook.org forum.