Android Keyboard [LWN.net]

Android Keyboard

Posted Nov 27, 2012 18:52 UTC (Tue) by dlang (guest, #313)
Parent article: Ubuntu on the Nexus 7

take a look at the hacker keyboard https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketw... it gives you a 'real' keyboard (although function keys are in a separate mode)

I've found it wonderful compared to the normal keyboards.

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Android Keyboard

Posted Nov 28, 2012 11:06 UTC (Wed) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167) [Link] (1 responses)

Yup, I use the Hacker Keyboard org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard that dlang mentions and it's _so_ much better for ad hoc SSH usage from the touch screen than the default keyboard.

If I'm writing email it's a toss-up. 4.2's built-in continuous movement keyboard input works pretty well for writing normal English sentences, while the hacker keyboard is better when I want to get technical.

I'd like the system to be smart enough to always turn on the hacker keyboard when I'm in any sort of terminal type interface, but perhaps that is hard.

Android Keyboard

Posted Dec 1, 2012 0:36 UTC (Sat) by rahvin (guest, #16953) [Link]

Another vote. First time I tried to reset something on the server using SSH was an exercise in frustration until I found the hackerkeyboard. A terminal just isn't usuable without the keys that are missing in android and autocomplete just screws everything up. Thankfully hackerkeyboard fixes both and still has big enough keys that the fat fingered among us can usually type on them.