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Irssi connectbot (the fork for mostly irssi irc use) has added support for some
of the most used key combinations alt- , ctrl-a-d, < > keys and | as a long
press menu, you should try that one out. Also scandinavian uppecase only has a
fix for Z on that build, I could say that he could ad the Brackets also to that
build. and the ^ symbol
Original comment by jonne.ba...@gmail.com
on 4 Dec 2010 at 12:52
Trying to get into settings with irssi connectbot with a session open just
crashed it.
Long press menu on the Z does nothing, even after checking it's enabled in the
settings.
I don't see any docs for what the support for those key combinations is, trying
obvious things on the Z doesn't do anything differently than normal connectbot.
It has no Alt key, it has Shift, FN and SYM and those behave the same as they
do in base connectbot.
Not really seeing any benefit, am I missing something?
Original comment by pir
on 4 Dec 2010 at 4:39
Ah, _screen_ long press not long press on the menu button...
Yeah, if that menu had [ ] { } also on it then it would be far more useful.
More useful still would be having it configurable and as a grid layout rather
than a scrollable list (you can hit lower things faster than scrolling).
Ta,
P.
Original comment by pir
on 4 Dec 2010 at 4:41
The brackets will be added to the ICB build, on the next release, it also adds
force screen size, which is missing from the basic ConnectBot
But still this issue should be combined to the 390 issue thread which is about
Z problems.
Original comment by jonne.ba...@gmail.com
on 6 Dec 2010 at 2:25
Shift & TAB work now in Irssi Connectbot, and the <,>,{,},[,],| are now in the
longpress screen menu.
FN works also normally. Iiro uusitalo and villae are working for a fix for the
Sym button, which should be there in a short while.
Original comment by jonne.ba...@gmail.com
on 7 Dec 2010 at 9:49
There are unused keys on the Z (or Vision). Why not map them to important
things like | ?
For example, the "search" (magnifying glass) key next to the Right Alt is a
good candidate for the pipe char. The "com/www" button should certainly be
remapped to something useful. Same thing with the three "programmable keys" in
the bottom row.
Another thing that would really enhance the experience on these phones is a
partial on-screen keyboard that provides the missing upper row of the keyboard
at the bottom of the screen. These phones currently require using Alt in order
to enter digits, which is often a pain. Having the digits row at the bottom of
the screen would be a blessing.
Original comment by weiss.y...@gmail.com
on 20 Jan 2011 at 9:46
Agree with the above, not having a pipe symbol is a huge problem, having the
search button echo a pipe would be really useful. Also like the idea of the
partial on screen keyboard.
Original comment by goatbad...@gmail.com
on 8 Feb 2011 at 12:12
Desire Z users - you may wish to try Irssi Connectbot, a modified version which
(on the Desire Z) fixes the TAB key and adds a SYM popup full of characters
including pipe - just tap inside the terminal and then tap SYM. I wasted hours
looking for this - hope it helps! May be worth trying for users of other
handsets looking for the pipe, too.
Original comment by chrisbir...@gmail.com
on 8 Feb 2011 at 1:45
@chrisbir...: Unfortunately, it doesn't fix anything for me. In fact, it BREAKS
the built-in functionality which brings a handy symbols selection by pressing
SYM in any native text input field but not during an ongoing Connectbot / Irssi
Connectbot session, where it generates only a useless empty rectangle instead
(like the TAB does). It might be there are several Desire Z versions with
slightly different keyboard layout. Mine has two FN keys, one Menu key, a
Search key, SYM and two SHIFTs. No ALT. Please note the SYM works as intended
in the (native) hostname entry field, etc. so be sure you try during an actual
SSH session.
Original comment by Zbig.Trz...@gmail.com
on 8 Feb 2011 at 2:01
I think I should clarify my last comment: the SYM key behaviour on my Desire Z
is the same with Irssi- as it is with the standard Connectbot: just an empty
rectangle.
Original comment by Zbig.Trz...@gmail.com
on 8 Feb 2011 at 2:06
@Zbig.Trz... as you have a Desire Z, I don't know why it wouldn't work, so
should clarify my own last comment... I was referring to the on-screen SYM
"button" which appears for a couple of seconds when you tap inside a terminal
session (in any black space). I still don't use the physical SYM key on the
keyboard. Tapping on screen in a session brings up Ctrl, Esc and SYM buttons
(although for me at least, using the trackpad button once works for Ctrl and
twice sends Esc).
Original comment by chrisbir...@gmail.com
on 8 Feb 2011 at 2:12
Oh, now I can see that... right, it works like you said. But still, it's not
really that convenient, especially that after the firmware upgrade, the DZ's
native SYM menu has been upgraded and is now complete with all the symbols
needed. I'd rather like a native text input experience instead of workaround
hacks involving touching the screen three times to get a pipe symbol on a
hardware-keyboard equipped device... That would be a matter of just pressing
the hardware SYM key and then touching the chosen on-screen symbol if the
Connectbot didn't break the native text input SYM key behavior in the first
place. But I'm not a dev and maybe it's just impossible to bring the native
experience to non-native component - I don't know.
Original comment by Zbig.Trz...@gmail.com
on 8 Feb 2011 at 2:30
I agree, it's a hack, not ideal... That said, I'm grateful to the authors of
the Irssi version for providing a way to input symbols, and especially for
fixing tab. Can't be easy to make a 3rd party app targeted at all Android
handsets work with all handsets' native keys :)
Original comment by chrisbir...@gmail.com
on 8 Feb 2011 at 4:04
Here is a desire specific patch. It maps some keys on the keyboard of the
desire z. Tested on cyanogenmod 7.2 RC. It does not change anything on non HTC
Vision devices.
The following key transition for the Desire Z are available.
SYM/Search as "|" key
FN + SYM/Search as "`" key
SHIFT + SYM/Search as "'" key
As the :.1 and :.2 Keys only sends an up event, the char is committed on
key up instead of key down.
:.1 Key as "<" Key
FN + :.1 Key as "{" Key
SHIFT + :.1 Key as "[" Key
:.2 Key as ">" Key
FN + :.2 Key as "}" Key
SHIFT + :.2 Key as "]" Key
Original comment by Thomas.P...@googlemail.com
on 28 Apr 2012 at 12:51
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