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Does anyone know of a good keyboard app that has build-in keys for control & escape & up/down/L/R arrows?
I need to ssh into unix for work; connectbot does a good job of that, but two problems:
* the on-screen keyboard when activated would cover up part of the screen
* and to compensate for that, I need to resize the screen each time, and the resizing for landscape is not the same as that for portrait, not to mention the fact that I can't control the font size
So: does anyone know of a good terminal emulator that does a better job with resizing/font setup?
THANKS!
case-sensitive said:
Does anyone know of a good keyboard app that has build-in keys for control & escape & up/down/L/R arrows?
I need to ssh into unix for work; connectbot does a good job of that, but two problems:
* the on-screen keyboard when activated would cover up part of the screen
* and to compensate for that, I need to resize the screen each time, and the resizing for landscape is not the same as that for portrait, not to mention the fact that I can't control the font size
So: does anyone know of a good terminal emulator that does a better job with resizing/font setup?
THANKS!
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I would suggest trying irssibot.. It's a fork of connectbot. It doesn't do font/screen handling any better, but what it does have is nice shortcuts when long-pressing on the screen.. Control-C, Control A, Alt-? (where you hit the key after), etc... Works great with irssi, but also works great using GNU/screen
Either way, an on screen keyboard is going to mess with the screen. But I find it's more than acceptable on the Nook Color.
khaytsus said:
I would suggest trying irssibot.. It's a fork of connectbot. It doesn't do font/screen handling any better, but what it does have is nice shortcuts when long-pressing on the screen.. Control-C, Control A, Alt-? (where you hit the key after), etc... Works great with irssi, but also works great using GNU/screen
Either way, an on screen keyboard is going to mess with the screen. But I find it's more than acceptable on the Nook Color.
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Thanks! I just downloaded irssi from the market and I like the long-press menu. Question: is there a way to add more items to the long-press menu? Just have a single Ctrl would do (it already did that with Alt-).
Thanks!
case-sensitive said:
Thanks! I just downloaded irssi from the market and I like the long-press menu. Question: is there a way to add more items to the long-press menu? Just have a single Ctrl would do (it already did that with Alt-).
Thanks!
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Yeah agreed. I emailed the author a while back and they said "they are still working on function from connectbot and will add more features later" basically. I agree, Control-? would be great.
In the Android SDK - there is a sample keyboard apk, if you look through the source code you easily change any keys to whatever symbols you want. I have interest in this as well so I can ssh into my schools server. Another option would be to decompile the standard barns and noble keyboard and see if you cant change some of the xml files to have the keys point to different symbols. I personally like the barnes and noble keyboard the best (I am stock 1.1 autonootered) so if I actually attempt any of this it will be on the Barnes and Noble keyboard
dannyniceboy said:
In the Android SDK - there is a sample keyboard apk, if you look through the source code you easily change any keys to whatever symbols you want. I have interest in this as well so I can ssh into my schools server. Another option would be to decompile the standard barns and noble keyboard and see if you cant change some of the xml files to have the keys point to different symbols. I personally like the barnes and noble keyboard the best (I am stock 1.1 autonootered) so if I actually attempt any of this it will be on the Barnes and Noble keyboard
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Yep, I agree. That's one of the first changes I made switching back to the B&N keyboard.
Are you saying the B&N source isn't available, hence the decompile option?
Does anyone know how to configure custom keyboard mappings and/or shortcut bindings for WebOS? Is there a config file I can edit to do system wide remaps?
Dammit, mods move this to General please. Thank you.
nidlaX said:
Does anyone know how to configure custom keyboard mappings and/or shortcut bindings for WebOS? Is there a config file I can edit to do system wide remaps?
Dammit, mods move this to General please. Thank you.
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That would be awesome if it can be done as I'd love to have a split keyboard like thumb key or swiftkey x.
Update: Probably doable through this: http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Changing_keyboard_layout_on_Touchpad
I'll get started tonight and report any progress.
Hey all,
Does anyone know whether or not the traditional function keys (F1 - F12) can be supported on the keyboard dock?
What initially brought this up for me was that I'm playing around with a terminal emulator that looks to be a port from the desktop version and some of the commands use the standard Fn keys which don't appear to be present on the keyboard dock. More generally though, with amazing new environments like Ubuntu for Android on the horizon the traditional function keys are going to become more of a requested standard feature on the keyboard dock in order to support programs/apps that rely on them.
If anyone has any suggestions or feedback on this it would be really appreciated
Cheers!
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Hey all,
Does anyone know whether or not the traditional function keys (F1 - F12) can be supported on the keyboard dock?
What initially brought this up for me was that I'm playing around with a terminal emulator that looks to be a port from the desktop version and some of the commands use the standard Fn keys which don't appear to be present on the keyboard dock. More generally though, with amazing new environments like Ubuntu for Android on the horizon the traditional function keys are going to become more of a requested standard feature on the keyboard dock in order to support programs/apps that rely on them.
If anyone has any suggestions or feedback on this it would be really appreciated
Cheers!
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it can be, but do apps even support it, as for the commands on Fn keys that may be a little bit harder, as the mapping for Fn is a little funny
oO_SwooP_Oo said:
Hey all,
Does anyone know whether or not the traditional function keys (F1 - F12) can be supported on the keyboard dock?
What initially brought this up for me was that I'm playing around with a terminal emulator that looks to be a port from the desktop version and some of the commands use the standard Fn keys which don't appear to be present on the keyboard dock. More generally though, with amazing new environments like Ubuntu for Android on the horizon the traditional function keys are going to become more of a requested standard feature on the keyboard dock in order to support programs/apps that rely on them.
If anyone has any suggestions or feedback on this it would be really appreciated
Cheers!
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In ubuntu there is a settings menu that allows you to change most of the shortcuts that require the FN key
Hackers k3yboard on the market has f keys i think. And cursor keys..
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lilstevie said:
it can be, but do apps even support it, as for the commands on Fn keys that may be a little bit harder, as the mapping for Fn is a little funny
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Do apps even support it? No not generally for Android, however, lets say for argument's sake that TFP is running Ubuntu for Android. It wouldn't be unreasonable to suppose that in that environment you would have a desktop package installed that ran in Ubuntu running on your TFP. In this case, that desktop application may have support for the F1-F12 keys (think of your favorite developer's IDE for example). In this scenario, the current layout and key-mapping of the TFP dock isn't supportive.
doddsie said:
Hackers k3yboard on the market has f keys i think. And cursor keys..
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Sorry for not being clear, I'm interested in extending the capabilities of the TFP keyboard dock so that it could be used instead of resorting to a soft keyboard.
mtotho said:
In ubuntu there is a settings menu that allows you to change most of the shortcuts that require the FN key
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I don't believe that helps with app specific Fn button mappings
oO_SwooP_Oo said:
Do apps even support it? No not generally for Android, however, lets say for argument's sake that TFP is running Ubuntu for Android. It wouldn't be unreasonable to suppose that in that environment you would have a desktop package installed that ran in Ubuntu running on your TFP. In this case, that desktop application may have support for the F1-F12 keys (think of your favorite developer's IDE for example). In this scenario, the current layout and key-mapping of the TFP dock isn't supportive.
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ubuntu looks at the keymap in terms of a number, with a kernel patch you can make it report the number associated with F1-12, in fact this patch is in place in my upcoming native ubuntu for tfp
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ubuntu looks at the keymap in terms of a number, with a kernel patch you can make it report the number associated with F1-12, in fact this patch is in place in my upcoming native ubuntu for tfp
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Really looking forward to this! Even following you on Twitter so I don't miss an announcement
It's the sole reason I bought my Prime.
You can map any of the keys you'd like via /system/usr/keylayout/asusdec.kl
Find a key you want to change, and make its assignment F1 (or whatever Fkey you need). Save, reboot.
Whether or not that keysym gets passed through to your app depends on the app itself.
agentdr8 said:
You can map any of the keys you'd like via /system/usr/keylayout/asusdec.kl
Find a key you want to change, and make its assignment F1 (or whatever Fkey you need). Save, reboot.
Whether or not that keysym gets passed through to your app depends on the app itself.
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Ya that would work at the cost of losing an existing key due to the re-map. Rather than lose key functionality I think that lilstevie's response above sounds like the way to go. That way the keyboard dock would be able to report a key combination such as Fn + 1 = F1 so that the appropriate key code could be generated and handled. Still though, it leaves us waiting for a baked (or as lilstevie puts it - a patched) kernel with supporting drivers.
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ubuntu looks at the keymap in terms of a number, with a kernel patch you can make it report the number associated with F1-12, in fact this patch is in place in my upcoming native ubuntu for tfp
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Looking forward to it's launch *thumbs up*
Good afternoon everyone.
I've recently installed on my Xperia Mini Pro the new Cyanogenmod 9.1.
It's more than brilliant but lacks of a very important feature... I'm not able to use the onscreen t9 and the hardware keyboard has not spellcheck or autocomplete feature.
for the first problem, i've solved with a zip flashable file containing xperia S keyboard and i managed to have t9 keyboard in vertical and qwerty keyboard in landscape, with a perfectly working autocomplete and spellcheck...
But when i use hardware keyboard I hate I cannot have the spellcheck or autocorrect, because italian is very reach in stresses and it's disappointing using a long press key every time i have to strees a vowel... with the stock rom i just typed the word and it got corrected automatically.
Also, the sym key shows me just symbols and would be great to have all the smiles back like in the original firmware.
I've found a system folder from 4.0.4 original firmware of Xperia mini pro [SK17i_system_folder_4.1.B.0.431.rar if u wanna google it] so I would be able to post here all the keyboard files that could add the original t9, autocomplete and spellcheck both of on-screen keyboard (so we don't have to use the Xperia S files) and expecially for hardware keyboard...
Can anybody help me?
I want to stay with Cyanogenmod 9, but if I dont find a solution i will be forced to go back to 2.3.4 to have the original keyboard back
Thank you so much for help!
Hello there, I had the same problem as you but luckily I found a solution to that problem.
I can't attach the .zip cause it's too large, but here is the link to the thread containing the keyboard: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725050
Look for "Xperia S ICS keyboard", download it, flash it via CWM, select in settings, voila you have a T9 keyboard that should satisfy if not all, some of the things you were looking for.
It works on my SK17i CM9.1 100%
Press thanks if this helped you.
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Hello there, I had the same problem as you but luckily I found a solution to that problem.
I can't attach the .zip cause it's too large, but here is the link to the thread containing the keyboard: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725050
Look for "Xperia S ICS keyboard", download it, flash it via CWM, select in settings, voila you have a T9 keyboard that should satisfy if not all, some of the things you were looking for.
It works on my SK17i CM9.1 100%
Press thanks if this helped you.
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i had already tried this file but it's not what i'm looking for because does not allow me to use autocomplete on the physical keyboard.
it would be the best if somebody could do that kind of file with original Mini pro keyboard (onscreen and physical)... it would make CM9 the perfect rom...
Thanks, i like the Keyboard a lot! Works almost 100%
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xperiaminipro86 said:
Good afternoon everyone.
I've recently installed on my Xperia Mini Pro the new Cyanogenmod 9.1.
It's more than brilliant but lacks of a very important feature... I'm not able to use the onscreen t9 and the hardware keyboard has not spellcheck or autocomplete feature.
for the first problem, i've solved with a zip flashable file containing xperia S keyboard and i managed to have t9 keyboard in vertical and qwerty keyboard in landscape, with a perfectly working autocomplete and spellcheck...
But when i use hardware keyboard I hate I cannot have the spellcheck or autocorrect, because italian is very reach in stresses and it's disappointing using a long press key every time i have to strees a vowel... with the stock rom i just typed the word and it got corrected automatically.
Also, the sym key shows me just symbols and would be great to have all the smiles back like in the original firmware.
I've found a system folder from 4.0.4 original firmware of Xperia mini pro [SK17i_system_folder_4.1.B.0.431.rar if u wanna google it] so I would be able to post here all the keyboard files that could add the original t9, autocomplete and spellcheck both of on-screen keyboard (so we don't have to use the Xperia S files) and expecially for hardware keyboard...
Can anybody help me?
I want to stay with Cyanogenmod 9, but if I dont find a solution i will be forced to go back to 2.3.4 to have the original keyboard back
Thank you so much for help!
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Hello to everyone in this forum.
I have the same issues. I'm Italian too.
The same here in germany. Swiftkey has a nice replacement feature, but it misses swipe in vertical mode. It would be nice to be able to change keyboard depending of HW-Keyboard status. If Keyboard is out, use Swiftkey, if its in, use Xperia-Keyboard. maybe this could be solved with Tasker, but I didn't test right now.
edit: I tested with tasker and needed an external plug in, - It worked! but this solution doesn't make me happy as Swiftkey cannot handle the extra keys like ? and ' right.
+1
does anyone have a proper fix for the hardware keyboard on the Xperia Mini Pro, Including the symbol and globe keys?
thanks
Maybe we need a porting from the original stock rom. Is there any way to extract the files from the original rom? I also tried to backup the original keyboard with Titanium but I fail
Same issue here.
I am italian, too.
For a language as ours, it's very important having predictive text in hard keyboard.
Is there any workaround?
Please reply!
I've tried some keyboard's apps but no one satisfied 100%
Thanks.
Any news?
Any workaround? What keyboard do you use at the moment? :cyclops:
I use Swiftkey, but I'm not satisfied 100% yet.
apinodimacerie said:
I use Swiftkey, but I'm not satisfied 100% yet.
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unlucky the only reference i've found so far is in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31163798&postcount=979 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1780326&page=98 the full thread)
the fact is i have no cm9 anymore because of this problem so i cannot test anything....
I will try to follow the tutorial.
Thanks for now.
Vlachmed said:
Hello there, I had the same problem as you but luckily I found a solution to that problem.
I can't attach the .zip cause it's too large, but here is the link to the thread containing the keyboard: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725050
Look for "Xperia S ICS keyboard", download it, flash it via CWM, select in settings, voila you have a T9 keyboard that should satisfy if not all, some of the things you were looking for.
It works on my SK17i CM9.1 100%
Press thanks if this helped you.
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this keyboard doesnt work properly on cm9.1 (wt19i)
only nice for the skin but when i use it for tying it adds extra letter on the last typed word is you press space
for example if i would type in google "what is the time in brussels" it becomes "whatt timee iss itt inn brusselss"
anything new?
I currently try SwiftKey Flow beta? With swipe. IT seems to. Have. IT all
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i am sad.
Hey Developers!
why doesn't anybody port the original xperia mini pro keyboard from the original ICS rom? and put it into a flashable zip. i don't think it would be a hard job after these grate roms. :good: it would solve all the problems ))
sutyi said:
Hey Developers!
why doesn't anybody port the original xperia mini pro keyboard from the original ICS rom? and put it into a flashable zip. i don't think it would be a hard job after these grate roms. :good: it would solve all the problems ))
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yes... it's a real pity that there is still NO solution for that problem
THIS is a simple but the ONLY reason because I can't handle with cyanogen.... i'm a great fan of this project but i really miss the keyboard (which is a must for a mobile like mini pro)... so I'm still so sad that nobody was able to fix this problem ALL the mini pro user have
I think i'm on the right way to use the keyboard but i still need some help from experienced developers.
I've managed to install the keyboard but still it crashes.
I dumped all the system folder from the lastest Mini Pro firmware (4.0.4 built 567 if I remember well) in a zip and installed from recovery all the files related to some keywords (used the search function of a mac).
I've used
- key
- keyboard
- input
- text
- emoticon
- emoji
- qwerty
- font
- slide
and something like that (I can't remember all the keywords but i think they are all)
Anyway as i wrote before when i turn on the keyboard it keeps crashing without even starting (i can never see the keyboard on screen and with the slide keyboard).
I think it's great i managed to install but i have not the right experience to know what files are missing or are disturbing the keyboard...
Does anybody have a clue? (unfortunatly i cannot post this post in the developer rooms)
I will attach soon the zip file i'm testing on Cyanogen mod 9.1.
(I've added TrackId to see if the installation process was ok, just while developing this zip file)
Tell me what, according to you, would be good to add for the keyboard
Have you set all permission properly? Because if not it can't work. And you would have to take the textinput-tng.apk (not sure how it's named) from /system/app
But I don't know if this will ever work, I hope so :good:
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I have SK17i, running Ultimate HD ROM + Kappa Kernel, and my problem is that keyboard layout is incorrect in ConnectBot, Irssi ConnectBot, VX Connect bot or any other SSH-terminal. Hardware keyboard is always in english layout, and that's annoying, since I'm using IRC a lot, and now I have to pick Ä & Ö from behind SYM-button, and some characters are in different button.. I have edited keyprint.xml, and in all other apps keyboard layout is correct (SE-FI), but not in SSH.
Any ideas what is causing this?
With stock ROM, SE-FI layout works well in ConnectBot also. I have tried a few custom ROMs, and this problem has been in them all.
Any ideas? Is ConnectBot using some other keyprint somewhere?
deezaye said:
Any ideas? Is ConnectBot using some other keyprint somewhere?
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Probably you need to set proper encoding in ConnectBot and locales on ssh machine. To get your wanted keys (if they're binded under some other) you can just click on that input box icon on right bottom corner.
jan0s1k said:
Probably you need to set proper encoding in ConnectBot and locales on ssh machine. To get your wanted keys (if they're binded under some other) you can just click on that input box icon on right bottom corner.
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Encoding is set to UTF-8, that shouldn't be the problem. Gotta examine those locales in remote end.
Thanks for that input box -tip, tho.