If someone can tell me an easy command for restarting the wrench, I could add it to omnewrotate (as an option).
Rui On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 10:34:59PM -0400, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes: > > > > On 7 Oct 2009, at 00:26, undrwater wrote: > > >> ... > > >> Sorry, I read ALL these explanations as saying exactly the same > > >> thing, > > >> just in different ways. Perhaps you could clarify how they differ? > > >> > > > > > > Hm. I read: > > > Problem 1: illume keyboard in landscape mode does not show (the > > > keyboard > > > itself doesn't show, only the prediction window and keyboard selector) > > > > > > Problem 2: qwerty button is hidden in shelf gadget and requires 2 > > > taps to > > > bring it up > > > > > > I posted problem 1, I think you understood problem 2. Am I right? > > > > Item 2 (I find that a problem, too) is discussed in this thread > > because it's necessary to go through this procedure to overcome > > problem 1. > > > > In this thread this pair of actions was originally described by > > Sebastian Krzyszkowiak in his post of 3 October 2009 14:55:51 BST. > > > > Joshua Judson Rosen's post of 3 October 2009 19:04:36 BST ("I don't > > understand what you guys are talking about") may indicate that he > > doesn't suffer from problem 2. > > This is my experience: > > If the screen is already in landscape mode when the keyboard pops > up, then the keyboaprd appears perfectly fine. > > Only if the keyboard is already shown prior to rotating the > display, then it doesn't show properly when the display arrives in > landscape mode. > > In this second case, the only steps required to fix the keyboard > is to hide and then show it by: > > 0] Lowering the shelf and tapping "qwerty" > (to hide the keyboard). > 1] Lowering the shelf and tapping "qwerty" again > (to re-show the keyboard). > > This does /not/ involve the `wrench', or changing any > settings. The word "none" is not involved, nor is the word "default". > > And, again: if the screen is rotated into landscape mode prior to > the keyboard becoming visible, this procedure is not even > necessary as the keyboard `just works'. > > > Contrariwise, situation that I read Sebastian, Petr, et al. describing is: > > The keyboard does not appear properly in landscape mode, > regardless of whether the display is rotated before or after the > keyboard appears. If the screen is already in landscape mode when > the keyboard pops up, the keyboard does *not* appear correctly. > > To make the keyboard appear properly in landscape mode, *this* > following procedure must be repeated each time the screen is > rotated: > > 0] Lower the shelf and tap the `wrench' icon. > 2] Select "Keyboard" in the menu that appears. > 3] Select the "None" radiobutton in the screen that appears. > 4] Select the "Default" radiobutton (in the same screen, > which remains until the "Close" button is pressed). > > [And, since I haven't actually seen /this/ scenario myself, > I'm assuming that the following step is also needed:] > > 5] If the keyboard is not showing now, lower the shelf > and tap "qwerty" to show it. > > > The two situations (and procedures) look *remarkably* different to me. > > If this is unclear, I can probably post a video demonstrating my > experience.... > > -- > Don't be afraid to ask (Lf.((Lx.xx) (Lr.f(rr)))). > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community