> On Feb 2, 2020, at 2:41 PM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very interesting, Jim. > > I too have been having difficulties with the keyboard when using j701 on my > iPad. I'd like to know more. > > I take it you are referring to: Settings: General > Keyboards. Are you > saying that ScanPro altered settings without your knowledge, let alone > consent? That's not a user-friendly thing for an App Store product to do.
I probably blamed ScanPro prematurely. The problem reappeared after I posted, but all is well again. I do have a Bluetooth keyboard, a Logitech slim. When I later reattached that keyboard, the small keyboard reappeared, but the the large (workable) one was restored when I disconnected it. Looking some more, I also had the Microsoft "swipe" keyboard installed. (MS bought out "Swipe", and renamed it [something which i remembered a minute ago: WordFlow, thank you Safari History] and later discontinued it. When I first saw it in settings i could enable/disable full access to the developer, but was initially unable to remove it. Somehow, after looking it up in the App Store and doing a web search or two, it went away. (My memory has a half life of about 30 seconds, sorry i can't be more specific.) > Do you have a record of the "before" and "after" settings (after deleting > ScanPro) – or can you try to remember what changed? Can you please pm me a > screen shot of your present settings? (…will doubtless need 2 screen shots). > Nope, sorry. I can take some screen shots of my settings and send then via email if you like. > Have you played some more with those settings? What I mean to say is: are > you confident your present settings yield the most satisfactory keyboard > behaviour? > Again yes and no, but for the nonce it seems to be again working. > Do you own a hardware bluetooth keyboard? Yes, a Logitech slim. > When it's linked and working, > does the on-screen keyboard disappear (as it should do)? It doesn't for me, > at least not for j701. > Usually yes, but the special J701 keyboard still shows, which is good for me, cause it makes entering special characters easier. It seems I can use either, except that only the blue special J return key gets lines moved to the input area; the Bluetooth keyboard return does not. I cannot swipe on the special J keyboard, nor can I pinch it to the smaller size - but that is good! In the past I have seen (with j701) weirdness like left to right text input, random input characters, etc., which so far has stayed away now. I also use my ipad (optionally with the keyboard) to remotely access my Mac Mini via the internet using SplashTop. Frankly, I am amazed that anything keyboard related works at all!! For example, I can sit in McDonnalds, and restart the MacMini and watch it reboot from my ipad! > Ian Clark > >> On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 at 18:56, 'Jim Russell' via Programming < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> At some point in the various iOS 13 releases I feared I had lost j701 on >> my iPad, although the iPhone version remained ok. On the iPad, the app >> [snip] >> What really hurts is that is in spite of a perfect 5 review rating, the >> app has only 1 published review and only 6 reviews. And if you look in the >> iPhone App Store, it is not even shown as having an iPad version. >> >> If only prospective j programmers were smart enough to install the app and >> use it enough to see the amazing power which the language offers... >> ---- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
