Better keyboard?
Ken Restivo
ken at restivo.org
Sun Jul 20 05:00:34 CEST 2008
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 12:46:00PM -0400, Matthew Lane wrote:
> Jeremiah Flerchinger wrote:
> > Do you want to redesign the matchbox keyboard or use a different one?
> > Feel free to modify any of the keypads on the projects page. I can
> > actually help with gtKeypad and have a patch in the works that will
> > allow changing of key size with a config file.
> >
> > On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 20:32 -0400, Matthew Lane wrote:
> >
> >> arne anka wrote:
> >>
> >>> http://www.ginguppin.de/node/15
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I would like to know how to redesign the keyboard to give it bigger
> >> buttons so that I can use my finger instead of the stylus? The current
> >> matchbox keyboard's keys are way too small.
> >>
> I honestly don't care if I redesign it or just get a new one. I like
> the matchbox keyboard because it has all of the keys that I'll need for
> terminal use, but the drawback is they all have to fit!
>
> I saw a screenshot of a bigger keyboard with circular buttons used on
> the Neo1973, which keyboard is that?
>
I've just been informed that the keyboard in the ASU image does in fact have all the keys needed to use a terminal, and also they're able to be used without a stylus. The .kbd files are editable text files and can be completely customized. After playing around with it a bit, I'll probably abandon matchbox entirely.
-ken
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