I'm not sure why but it took several days for my original post to appear, so just bumping it up in the hopes that someone may see it.
Terry On Aug 26, 5:57 pm, terryowen <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a love-hate relationship with my G1, with the inability to > remap keys at the top of the list. I've looked high and low for > information, going so far as to try to decipher pages like this: > > http://www.kandroid.org/android_pdk/keymaps_keyboard_input.html > > and even reading the android platform code on github. I don't see > things like page_up and page_down defined in the android keymappings. > And I suspect that the original scancodes are being assigned to touch > gestures. > > TAB 0x9 0x9 0x9 0x9 0x9 0x9 > 0 '0' ')' ')' ')' '0' '0' > 1 '1' '!' '!' '!' '1' '1' > 2 '2' '@' '@' '@' '2' '2' > 3 '3' '#' '#' '#' '3' '3' > 4 '4' '$' '$' '$' '4' '4' > 5 '5' '%' '%' '%' '5' '5' > 6 '6' '^' '^' '^' '6' '6' > 7 '7' '&' '&' '&' '7' '7' > 8 '8' '*' '*' '*' '8' '8' > 9 '9' '(' '(' '(' '9' '9' > > Since the number keys don't have a third component could an > enterprising developer map to the unused caps for missing keys? Not > that it would be all that useful at this point but it would give > someone a hook to build on. > > Or if that isn't possible, how about a virtual floating task bar kind > of thing (maybe mostly transparent overlay?) that maps gestures like > the swipe up/swipe down and more traditional arrows and enter type > keys for the trackball? > > This isn't entirely a nit-picky kind of request. I have a medical > condition that in the winter makes my fingertips extremely painful and > the trackball hurts. I'm guessing that there weren't many arthritis > sufferers on the Android development team, either. You would think > that the touch screen should make things easier, not harder. > > Even my old, old Omnigo and HP100LX had utilities to remap keys, so it > seems odd that there isn't some kind of app that could be developed. > I think if I had enough time (which I don't) I might be able to > eventually puzzle out a crude version of the task bar thing but I'd > much rather pay a couple of dollars in the market. > > Thanks, > > Terry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
