[geezword-amharic] New keyboard

[ydroberts]

This is the initial submission of the Geezword Amharic keyboard.

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[mcdurdin]

@ydroberts Hi! Long time no see! Great to see your keyboard coming in here 😁

[darcywong00]

Should this keyboard version be '18.0' to match your entry in HISTORY.md?

18.0 (10-16-2025)

[darcywong00]

There's several desktop.ini files on this pull request that should be removed. Thanks!

[dyacob]

The last wave of updates are ready for review. Thanks!

[darcywong00]

Did some of the mobile layout keys get moved?
I installed on my Android device and compared to the geezword-amharic-mobile-*.png screenshots

Default layer

The "EAO" keys on the spacebar row look in a different order

Shift layer (shift once)

I noticed some blank keycaps but they still output characters?

[LornaSIL]

Thanks for this keyboard submission! In general the PR is in good shape. However, I always have comments to make the keyboard better.

• The readme.htm is for the Tigrinya keyboard. It should be updated for Amharic
• In the .kmn file you can unselect "mobile" as a target since you have "any" selected.
• If you want people to use a specific font, like Abyssinica SIL, you'll need to add it to the list of files. It's already in the repo at \release\shared\fonts\sil\abyssinica
  • Then, on the Keyboards tab you need to select the Keyboard and Display font.
• Since this keyboard is under the MIT license, you should not include "All Rights Reserved" since that is contradictory. You should remove that phrase from the .kmn and .kps copyright statements, from the README.md, and any other place I may have missed.

Please also note Darcy's comments above on the mobile layouts.

I think that's it!

[dyacob]

@darcywong00 good catch with the screenshot. The screenshot had been recycled from the Tigirnya keyboard, but keys did indeed move. It will be updated today.

@LornaSIL the "All Rights Reserved" will be removed. I see that it is present with the Geezword Tigrinya keyboard as well. Should we remove both together in this PR, or do the Tigirnya separately?

[LornaSIL]

@LornaSIL the "All Rights Reserved" will be removed. I see that it is present with the Geezword Tigrinya keyboard as well. Should we remove both together in this PR, or do the Tigirnya separately?

Yes, go ahead and make the changes in this PR. Remove "All Rights Reserved" and bump the version in the .kmn and the HISTORY.md. It's possible the copyright years in LICENSE.md will need extending too to include 2026 if it doesn't already.

[darcywong00]

Suggested change

	store(&KEYBOARDVERSION) '18.0' c October 16 - 20225
	store(&KEYBOARDVERSION) '18.0' c October 16 - 2025

[dyacob]

Thanks @LornaSIL & @darcywong00 . The year was fixed, and a layout adjustment made. Documentation will be updated shortly to match the layout tweak, and the "All rights reserved" will be addressed then as well.

[dyacob]

@LornaSIL @darcywong00 I believe all of the discussed changes have been made and the keyboard package is ready again for review. Thank you!

[dyacob]

Sorry about that, I had changed the LICENCE.md but forgot to commit it. Thanks, for fixing.

[LornaSIL]

No worries. If I think a keyboard is ready, and it's an easy fix, it's sometimes faster for me to go ahead and do it than wait.

[LornaSIL]

LGTM. Looks good!