jkt> Following this with interest - even though I use iPod Touch instead
jkt> of iPhone, I find lots of good/available WiFi access. I bought iSSH
jkt> when it first came out - one reason was to access j, and general
jkt> admin activities on my Linux servers.
I was curious how the iTouch's display-mapped keyboard works out
with J which is so heavy on punctuation. I don't own an Apple Touch
myself but a colleague does, so I could give it a quick try and
ssh'ed into one of our J servers. What a funnny experience.
For those who have never seen the device:
Since screen real-estate is so scarce, all you'll you get
displayed for tapping are some thirty "keys"; just enough
for "a"-"z" plus a bit for Backspace, Return, Space.
For digits, you have to "mode-switch" into another map.
For some punctuation characters, you have to switch into another
map; for other punctuation characters, into yet another.
(Think of SMS text entry or small electronic label printers with
a limited keyboard but rich symbol set.)
When entering something like "/usr/local/src/j/engine", you have
to switch kbd maps to and fro for every single "/".
For entering
(+/ % #) ? 10 # 100
I ended up feeling I had to tap more keys to switch maps than for actual
characters.
Sorry, I don't have the details which ssh program I was using. Are there
ssh/telnet programs which offer a more suitable keyboard, or is this
a central system facility they all are using? What works for you, Joey?
Martin
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