I use the MessageEase keyboard (free), which gives me instant access to most symbols, letters, and digits without shifting, although at the cost of a very nonstandard layout. (You'll want to use the tutor game to bring you up to speed.)
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Devon McCormick <devon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the tip on turning off predictive typing, etc. > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Skip Cave <s...@caveconsulting.com> wrote: > >> My install story with J on Android: >> >> My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (Android Jellybean 4.3). >> >> 1. Went to Settings/More/Security/ and checked "Allow install from unknown >> sources" and unchecked "Block or warn before installing apps that may cause >> harm" >> >> 2. Went to J Software download page. Downloaded 8.01 qtide-signed.apk. The >> .apk downloaded quickly, and went into the Download folder in the Phone's >> non-violatle storage (not in my added SD Card) >> >> 3. Green J icon appeared in apps window. Pressed and held the J icon, to >> drop icon on main desktop. >> >> 4.Tapped green J icon, got a black screen for a couple of seconds, then got >> J interactive window. >> >> 5. typed 2+2. screen showed 222. Typed i.4. Screen showed I.4 (cap I) >> >> 6. Went to Settings/Language & Input/Samsung keyboard setup. Turned off >> Predictive text. Turned off Auto-spacing. Turned off Auto-capitalization. >> Turned off Auto-punctuate. >> >> 7. Typed 2+2. screen showed 2+2. Typed i.4. Screen showed i.4. Much >> better. Does J have an alternate keyboard you can install just for J only, >> so I don't have to keep turning the auto-help stuff on and off? I need a >> keyboard with the lower case letters, numbers, and punctuation all present >> & unshifted, with uppercase being the only shift change. >> >> 8. Pressed menu button (lower left, below screen). Selected Tools/Package >> Manager. Selected 'All', Selected 'Install'. Nothing happened. Scrolling >> through Packages is weird. Rather than the Package list moving with your >> finger, the list stays stationary, and the highlight moves. You have to run >> your finger off either end of the list to get the list to scroll. Not very >> good for a touch-screen UI. >> >> 9. I went back to main screen & tried more stuff with primitives. Things >> seem to be basically working. Came back a few minutes later and tried >> Package Manager again. This time it showed all packages installed! Need to >> have a progress indicator somewhere. There was no indication that anything >> was downloading. >> >> 10. Found LaunchPad under Menu/Run. Took me awhile to find it, as I didn't >> expect it under "Run". There were TWO 'LaunchPad' selections under the Run >> menu.Both seemed to do the same thing. Both selections gave two choices - >> qtdemo and wddemo. Most LaunchPad demos seemed to work, both wd & qt. >> >> I may have more comments later. >> >> Skip Cave >> Cave Consulting LLC >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > > > -- > Devon McCormick, CFA > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
