Comment 1 for bug 1572913

I've just discovered on page 47 of the PDF manual on the manufacturer's website that "Some apps like GIMP, LibreOffice and Xchat-Gnome are designed to be used in convergent mode only - the keyboard will not open in tablet mode."

Given that both LibreOffice and Xchat are on the default launcher bar, this is bound to confuse users.

May I suggest,

1) Make it obvious that an app needs an external keyboard before it will work. Perhaps a dialogue box if the app is launched without a keyboard present.
2) Remove Xchat from the defaults (are regular users really using IRC?)
3) Find some way to make a virtual keyboard work with default apps like LibreOffice and Firefox.