Did you install J Console for Android as suggested? On 10.06.2014, at 18:26, Alex Giannakopoulos <[email protected]> wrote:
> Skip, I am glad you mentioned this. I've been suffering too. (It's not > just Samsung, BTW, all Android devices have some sort of smart keyboard > that interferes, even if they (the keyboards) are not always the same. My > pet bugbear is reversion from the numerical to the non-numerical keyboard > if the is a space! > > What we need is a J keyboard that you can switch to just like when you > switch to a different language. > Has any work been done on this? > I am fiddling with Android at the moment, and have a few ideas as to how it > should be done (for instance, a key - say "&" - should also pop up the > "&.", "&:" and "&.:" options when held down, just as French vowels show > their accents when held. > I'll happily put something together, but before I do I'd like to know that > I'm not re-inventing the wheel. > > > > > On 10 June 2014 00:57, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh sorry! F virtual keys should be documented in System/Shortcut Keys >> jwiki. >> >> On 10.06.2014, at 7:03, Skip Cave <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I recently installed J802 on my Galaxy Note 2 (Android 4.3, soon to be >>> 4.4). Also, I have just updated all the packages/libraries. JQT seems to >> be >>> working as it should, except for three issues: >>> >>> 1. The Samsung keyboard that comes with the phone is nice, and works >> fairly >>> well for J, IF I turn off all the Predictive Text, Auto-Replacement, >>> Auto-Capitalization, Auto-Spacing, and Auto-Punctuate functions when I go >>> into J. This is a pain, since I like those features most of the time, >> just >>> not when using J. Otherwise, every time I type "i." (integers or index >> of) >>> I get "I." (indices or interval index), among other weird effects. And it >>> takes considerable contortions to force a lower-case "i" anywhere in the >> J >>> script. >>> >>> What I need is an automatic "auto-function block" when J starts up, that >>> just turns off all the auto-typing functions when I launch J, and turns >>> them back on when I leave J. >>> >>> The suggested keyboard for Android ( >>> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Android/Keyboard) would be nice, but >> there >>> doesn't seem to be any instructions on how to install it on that page, >> nor >>> is there any link to the install file. At one time I remember had that >>> keyboard installed on my phone, but the problem then was that once >>> installed, the J keyboard showed up on ALL the Android apps, not just J. >>> And the Auto-everything still seemed to function, even with the J >> keyboard. >>> >>> 2. Speaking of leaving J, the "go-back" button on the bottom of every >>> Android phone is supposed to back out of any application when it is >> pressed >>> enough times. However, that doesn't happen with J802. The "go-back" key >>> does nothing when it is pressed in a J session. The only way to get out >> of >>> the J session is to long-press the main Android button, to get a list of >>> all the running apps, and then swipe the J session off the screen, which >>> kills the app. This probably needs to be fixed. >>> >>> 3. Finally, I have no idea what all the "F" buttons along the bottom of >> the >>> screen are supposed to do, but for me they do nothing, except for F6. F6 >>> pops up a "Labs" dialog box, with the words "no lab selected". In any >> case, >>> I have been unable to find how you select any labs. >>> >>> Skip >>> >>> >>> Skip Cave >>> Cave Consulting LLC >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
