R.L. Dane 
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For those looking for a good #FOSS #Android keyboard app, #Heliboard is just about PERFECT now.
Kudos to the dev!
Proto Himbo European@rl_dane I'm liking it except it doesn't have drag-typing (or whatever that is). I've kind of started to get used to that.
That's actually very easy to add!
Go to this page and search for "glide"
@rl_dane My hero! I'm on it.
eclexic@guyjantic @rl_dane if you want to help us add gesture typing out of the box, check this out. Cheers!
Edit: there is also more detailed instructions about getting it working in the current version.
https://mstdn.social/@theeclecticdyslexic/116169411669556587
eclexic (@[email protected])
#Heliboard is gathering gesture typing data, so that we can implement a #FOSS alternative to the closed gesture typing library Heliboard currently relies on. The data we collect will be released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 I also made a video including details & instructions. Boosts Please! The greater the diversity of people & languages in the data, the better we can test for correctness. PT: https://makertube.net/w/cQECfDkuLGR9eUQquUEo4K YT: https://youtu.be/CyjumVTWtJA Text (instructions only): https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard/wiki/Tutorial:-How-to-Contribute-Gesture-Data
Jenny 
I don't miss GBoard at all, now.
They've got glide typing (via a proprietary plug-in, but they're crowd sourcing an effort to develop their own FOSS library, which anyone can contribute to — it's in the settings menu), a T9 number pad, long-press-to-activate-symbols, and now even emoji search.
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Ethan Black@rl_dane I misread "Heliboard" as "Hellboard", which sounds like a keyboard you don't want to use.