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Proposal for a better text editor
shotofadds:
Personally I think there's a reasonable case for the on-screen keyboard to differ between targets. For something useful like the keyboard, it makes sense to implement it in a way that makes best use of the available hardware. If the scrollwheel's a good way to achieve that, so be it.
Similarly, keeping the current on-screen keyboard would be madness on the upcoming touchscreen targets.
But as always, it takes someone with an interest and the free time to imlpement such things.
DancemasterGlenn:
--- Quote from: shotofadds on April 15, 2008, 04:32:01 PM ---Personally I think there's a reasonable case for the on-screen keyboard to differ between targets. For something useful like the keyboard, it makes sense to implement it in a way that makes best use of the available hardware. If the scrollwheel's a good way to achieve that, so be it.
Similarly, keeping the current on-screen keyboard would be madness on the upcoming touchscreen targets.
But as always, it takes someone with an interest and the free time to imlpement such things.
--- End quote ---
This is essentially what I was thinking when I posted before. When I stated that it was a strictly ipod change, it was mainly because that's all I have in my hand to conceptualize. If j8048188 also believes it could be workable on the e200, I'd be glad to hear it. The methods of text input as-is are workable, but since they can be slow to work with I find myself only using them when absolutely necessary. While it would be a lot of work to go through each target and decide whether a more appropriate editor would be useful given that player's button layout, it would be a project that would make rockbox that much more accessible to newer people (not unlike the update to the cabbie theme).
I'm still useless for actually making a patch, but I thought I'd throw out an idea or two anyway. The albums in pictureflow respond to the scrollwheel similarly to the way I imagine the letters working in my picture above (though it would obviously be less flashy). If the plugin loaded letters/numbers/symbols instead of album covers, that would at least be a decent way to see how one likes scrolling in that manner.
In terms of the D2, and other potential touch targets... has anyone played smash brothers brawl (probably a stupid question...)? I think the way you input text in the game would work really well on a touch target...
Essentially works like a phone keypad. each button could be touchable, and there could be a button that switches the letter buttons to number buttons. The actual text area would need to be bigger, but there would definitely be enough screen space on the D2 to handle it.
Just an idea. Ignore me if I'm making a fool of myself.
Anyway, the biggest hurdle to any of this (besides the obvious need of a motivated coder) is how to make it available for multiple languages. I'm still working that one out. But thanks j8048188 and shotofadds for your feedback.
DefineByte:
I think something in-between the OP's and DancemasterGlenn's (1st) suggestions would be good for the Ipod.
Have separate lines for Capitals, lower-case, numbers and punctuation and move between them with a button press (short menu?). Each individual line would wrap to the start of that same line. FF/Rew to move the caret as suggested. Common punctuation grouped at the start (middle?) of the line (probably start with space, then fullstop etc.).
I'd like to see it anyway. :D
psycho_maniac:
I think if anything happens to the keyboard layout. one thing that should really be changed is the size of the actual letters. On my gigabeat there freaking small. It would be nice if the font you chose for the wps would be the font for the entire player. Also I like DancemastersGlenn's 1st suggestions also
MarcGuay:
--- Quote from: psycho_maniac on April 16, 2008, 10:12:01 AM ---I think if anything happens to the keyboard layout. one thing that should really be changed is the size of the actual letters. On my gigabeat there freaking small. It would be nice if the font you chose for the wps would be the font for the entire player.
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If you set up a custom keyboard layout the font will be changed to the one used in the rest of the UI.
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