Re: [Ubuntu-phone] tabulation key within the main on-screen-keyboard

2014-04-30 Thread Sam Bull
On mer, 2014-04-30 at 01:22 -0600, Selene Scriven wrote: > Hardware companies tried in the past. For example, the HP 200LX, > the Sharp Zaurus SL-C860, the Sony Clie PEG-UX50, even the Nokia > N810. None of these were hugely successful, and physical > keyboards of that size were mediocre at be

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] tabulation key within the main on-screen-keyboard

2014-04-30 Thread Selene Scriven
* David Marceau wrote: > Thank you Selene for sharing my pain with the ubunt-touch > on-screen keyboard. It's really hard to use emacs with the > current OSK. Emacs is hard to use with just one or two fingers, period. Touch screens and key chording don't get along very well. The UI concepts

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] tabulation key within the main on-screen-keyboard

2014-04-29 Thread Robert Park
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 7:00 PM, David Marceau wrote: > How hard is it to produce a full keyboard/mouse for a cellphone. Well, Canonical is a software company. > Why can't there be some standard keyboard manufacturer for > all phones with a standard connector for all future phones? All you need

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] tabulation key within the main on-screen-keyboard

2014-04-29 Thread David Marceau
On 04/29/2014 06:25 PM, Selene Scriven wrote: > * David Marceau wrote: >> why is it that we have to show an extra panel to have access to the >> tabulation key? When within the terminal on the Nexus 4, the extra >> panel takes a great deal of screen real estate. > > In general, I find the Ubuntu

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] tabulation key within the main on-screen-keyboard

2014-04-29 Thread Selene Scriven
* David Marceau wrote: > why is it that we have to show an extra panel to have access to the > tabulation key? When within the terminal on the Nexus 4, the extra > panel takes a great deal of screen real estate. In general, I find the Ubuntu Touch keyboard painful to use since I'm accustomed to

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] tabulation key within the main on-screen-keyboard

2014-04-27 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, Am Samstag, den 26.04.2014, 10:52 -0400 schrieb David Marceau: > why is it that we have to show an extra panel to have access to the > tabulation key? you can double-tap to generate a tab key event. ciao oli signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Mai

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] tabulation key within the main on-screen-keyboard

2014-04-26 Thread MichaƂ Sawicz
On 26.04.2014 16:52, David Marceau wrote: > why is it that we have to show an extra panel to have access to the > tabulation key? When within the terminal on the Nexus 4, the extra > panel takes a great deal of screen real estate. Apps are able to tweak/select the keyboard layout, so one dedicate

[Ubuntu-phone] tabulation key within the main on-screen-keyboard

2014-04-26 Thread David Marceau
why is it that we have to show an extra panel to have access to the tabulation key? When within the terminal on the Nexus 4, the extra panel takes a great deal of screen real estate. How do I scroll back up the terminal within ubuntu phone? I tried dragging two fingers, but it didn't work. I tr