I really want to end up with the machine running one program (plus
perhaps sshd and whatever else is needed to run networking and sound).
The application I want to run is curses based and responds to
keystrokes. There is no mouse interface. I want to control it via the
touchpad. I have to translate screen touches (essentially mouse clicks)
to keyboard strokes and have some sort of picture on the screen of the
various "keys".
Not every key needs to be represented, just the following:
Special Keys:
! Power
Enter Play
Space Pause
Insert Add
Delete Add
Home Now Playing
[ Rewind
] Forward
/ Search
? Shuffle
r Repeat
s Sleep
+ Size (double-size not usable)
^L Refresh Screen
v Debug mode Toggle
Backspace Clear Error Message
q Quit Program
Hmmm just counted 17, but insert and delete are a double up so that
makes 16. A simple 16 key custom keyboard looks tempting, but just ends
up being a dongle to flap about.
Alternatively I could get some c guru to re-write the control part of
the app, its basically one file 911 line c program.
Or perhaps the approach is to make another program with curses for the
keyboard emulation via the "mouse" and have it fed into stdin of the
existing program?
curses - mouse - gpm - anything is possible I guess.
When it's finished I will demo it at a meeting.
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:40:11 +1300
Ross Drummond wrote:
> KDE application TypingTrainer has an on screen keyboard.
>
> You may be able to save the the keystrokes displayed in the output panel. I
> have not used this application myself
>
> Go to;
> http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=14711
>
> Cheers Ross Drummond
>
> PS. On rereading you email The TypingTrainer may not be what you want as you
> want to access the command line.
>
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:31, Nick Rout wrote:
> > I have a tablet style device with linux drivers. It has no keyboard
> > (although you can plug one in). However I want to control it just on the
> > built in screen.
> >
> > Does anyone know of an on screen keyboard that works on a text console
> > and is controllable simply with a mouse (which is what the touchscreen
> > emulates).
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Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
