There are two available Android Apps for J: * Michael Dykman's J console app (includes a J keyboard) * the new JQt Android app
If you install Michael's J console app, you can use the keyboard in the JQt App. Read/follow the INSTALL.txt at the following location to download and install j-console-1.0.5.apk. https://github.com/mdykman/jconsole_for_android/tree/master/dist On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:26 PM, Alex Giannakopoulos < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
