Talk: On-screen keyboard fails to open automatically in KDE on a touch device

Hello. I’m hoping to be able to use the virtual keyboard on a 2-1 laptop, but as a novice I’m unfortunately lost by the instructions in the workaround (beginning at “populate it with the following…”). I think I’ll remain patient that the bug will be fixed. I take it that there are no working alternatives to “maliit” for someone wishing to use a virtual keyboard with KDE?