On 08/22/2012 04:17 AM, 'Mash (Thomas Herbert) wrote:
On 2012-08-21 18:42+0100, Ian Barton wrote:
On 21/08/12 16:22, Karl Voit wrote:
Anybody else sharing experiences with Emacs or HW-keyboards on
Android?
Thanks for the heads up. Off to play. The android Hackers Keyboard
has Ctrl, Alt, etc. I use it to run Emacs via a terminal. However, a
hardware keyboard that worked would be great.
Ian.
Tempted to get one of these at some point.
http://www.freedominput.com/freedom-accessories/freedom-pro-keyboard
I own it. It doesn't work, at least 2.2.1 on my MyTouch 4G (and my G1,
but...)
The problem is not with the hardware per se; the keyboard driver in
_android_ (not at the bluetooth layer) specifically omitted the key
modifier concept, so ctrl, M-, alt just don't happen.
I've been hoping that the Android-as-USB-host stuff announced at the
last IO would unscrew that problem, but haven't followed its progress much.
- Allen S. Rout
