Skip, I am glad you mentioned this. I've been suffering too. (It's not just Samsung, BTW, all Android devices have some sort of smart keyboard that interferes, even if they (the keyboards) are not always the same. My pet bugbear is reversion from the numerical to the non-numerical keyboard if the is a space!
What we need is a J keyboard that you can switch to just like when you switch to a different language. Has any work been done on this? I am fiddling with Android at the moment, and have a few ideas as to how it should be done (for instance, a key - say "&" - should also pop up the "&.", "&:" and "&.:" options when held down, just as French vowels show their accents when held. I'll happily put something together, but before I do I'd like to know that I'm not re-inventing the wheel. On 10 June 2014 00:57, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh sorry! F virtual keys should be documented in System/Shortcut Keys > jwiki. > > On 10.06.2014, at 7:03, Skip Cave <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I recently installed J802 on my Galaxy Note 2 (Android 4.3, soon to be > > 4.4). Also, I have just updated all the packages/libraries. JQT seems to > be > > working as it should, except for three issues: > > > > 1. The Samsung keyboard that comes with the phone is nice, and works > fairly > > well for J, IF I turn off all the Predictive Text, Auto-Replacement, > > Auto-Capitalization, Auto-Spacing, and Auto-Punctuate functions when I go > > into J. This is a pain, since I like those features most of the time, > just > > not when using J. Otherwise, every time I type "i." (integers or index > of) > > I get "I." (indices or interval index), among other weird effects. And it > > takes considerable contortions to force a lower-case "i" anywhere in the > J > > script. > > > > What I need is an automatic "auto-function block" when J starts up, that > > just turns off all the auto-typing functions when I launch J, and turns > > them back on when I leave J. > > > > The suggested keyboard for Android ( > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Android/Keyboard) would be nice, but > there > > doesn't seem to be any instructions on how to install it on that page, > nor > > is there any link to the install file. At one time I remember had that > > keyboard installed on my phone, but the problem then was that once > > installed, the J keyboard showed up on ALL the Android apps, not just J. > > And the Auto-everything still seemed to function, even with the J > keyboard. > > > > 2. Speaking of leaving J, the "go-back" button on the bottom of every > > Android phone is supposed to back out of any application when it is > pressed > > enough times. However, that doesn't happen with J802. The "go-back" key > > does nothing when it is pressed in a J session. The only way to get out > of > > the J session is to long-press the main Android button, to get a list of > > all the running apps, and then swipe the J session off the screen, which > > kills the app. This probably needs to be fixed. > > > > 3. Finally, I have no idea what all the "F" buttons along the bottom of > the > > screen are supposed to do, but for me they do nothing, except for F6. F6 > > pops up a "Labs" dialog box, with the words "no lab selected". In any > case, > > I have been unable to find how you select any labs. > > > > Skip > > > > > > Skip Cave > > Cave Consulting LLC > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
