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Question about Wizard keyboard

Does it has ESC key ?
I hate ppc "virtual" keyboard (default, RESCO, ...) because they cant send ESC key. This is important when you are using "vi" on PocketPutty application.
Or anyone know any virtual keyboard that has ESC key ?
Thanks

From the pictures and the I-mate K-JAM manual it doesnt appear to. Stop using VI, its terrible ;p

no it does not have a esc key

dvoraksip in the SDK does send escape keys (most complete keyboard I've seen, sends ctrl, alt, win key, has backspace and delete etc). But it helps if you can type using dvorak!
You could write a program to send custom keystrokes. I wrote a program once upon a time to send any keycode to current app, and this could be assigned to a hardware key etc. But it's a bit of a waste of a hardware key.
V

Escape key?
Maybe, but I am not sure about Escape key defined in Unicode:
http://ae.inc.ru/
AEKMap - AE Keyboard Mapper for Windows Mobile
J.

thereaperman said:
no it does not have a esc key
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Nor a CTRL key. So a bit limited for terminal applications then!
You can get ^ and [ by using the Sym modifier on the Space key on H and K.
Dunno if that can be persuaded to send the CTRL-[ escape sequence though.

change keys on keyboard?

Does anybody knows if it posible to change the assinment of the keys on the keyboard?
I would like to change the Windows Startbutton into CTRL, So i can easy use CTRL C and CTRL V.
Do i have to change the keybddr.dll for it?

Not to be a "me 2"er, but I am looking to swap the comma and period. They're on the same key, but I have to use the "Option" button (round dot) to get a comma. Well, when I'm option-locked and typing numbers, I use the period a lot more than when I'm typing letters. I'd like to see a way to simply swap those two functions on that key.

Changing Map
Guys,
I´m from Brazil and in my portuguese keyboard I had an issue with comma an period keys.
I´ve used the AEKMap program to remap my keyboard. On google, type aekmap an the link will come.
Here are the settins i used.
; layout [email protected]
Layout Alvaro, Full-size Keyboard
Hint Alvaro
Key 00BE c002C; VIRGULA
key 00c0 c002e; ponto
big ups!

Add additional key combinations to keyboard

Hi All,
Is there any way to add key combinations to the hardware keyboard so I can have a backslash "\" and an underscore "_" ....and maybe some others?
If not, does anyone know whether another country keyboard layout might have these keys included?
TIA

adding to this ideea , would be grat if it would exist key combinations for Wi-Fi(on/off) , Bluetooth (on/off), ON/OFF system settings in general.

It is quite easily to change/add any letter/symbol to the "àü" key. Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=447989

Ahm, have a look at my X1ButtonMapper or JKingDev's X1BC

Looked at both and running X1BC right now. X1BC does not handle Fn+Key combinations and X1ButtonMapper re-maps the tab button which, I THINK, may be configurable or changed in a future version of the software.
I think a future version of either will address all my issues but I just need something now......might try the au key solution.
Cheers
EDIT: adding keys with the "àü" key has worked very well and I'll stick with that for the backslash and underscore.....of course I still need X1BC for the "Start" button and the Comm Manager

Having a key combination for "special" characters is Built-In Already!!
Just use the "áü" key!!
i.e. type a "-" then the áü, will give you a "_"
"\ + áü will give you a"/"
BTW if you keep tapping the áü key will cycle through a group of symbols!!
hth,
Stuart

scl_electronics said:
Having a key combination for "special" characters is Built-In Already!!
Just use the "áü" key!!
i.e. type a "-" then the áü, will give you a "_"
"\ + áü will give you a"/"
BTW if you keep tapping the áü key will cycle through a group of symbols!!
hth,
Stuart
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great ! i didn;t try this , and it annoyed me that i connot type / more quickly

scl_electronics said:
Having a key combination for "special" characters is Built-In Already!!
Just use the "áü" key!!
i.e. type a "-" then the áü, will give you a "_"
"\ + áü will give you a"/"
BTW if you keep tapping the áü key will cycle through a group of symbols!!
hth,
Stuart
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Hey, very good to know, thanks! Are there more of these combinations, e.g. for %, € etc?

scl_electronics said:
Having a key combination for "special" characters is Built-In Already!!
Just use the "áü" key!!
i.e. type a "-" then the áü, will give you a "_"
"\ + áü will give you a"/"
BTW if you keep tapping the áü key will cycle through a group of symbols!!
hth,
Stuart
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Hey, very good to know, thanks! Are there more of these combinations, e.g. for %, € etc?
I just played around and I found the aü key very useful right now
Still missing % and € though, but I can have that with my X1ButtonMapper and Mortscript. \ and _ with the aü button give me two free FN+key combos, very nice!

Dandie said:
Hey, very good to know, thanks! Are there more of these combinations, e.g. for %, € etc?
I just played around and I found the aü key very useful right now
Still missing % and € though, but I can have that with my X1ButtonMapper and Mortscript. \ and _ with the aü button give me two free FN+key combos, very nice!
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As it says in the thread listed above, you can create your own combinations. However, the aü button doesn't seem to work in forms with Opera. I assume a FN+key combo would so when a version of X1ButtonManager comes out that doesn't remap the tab key I might give that another try.

I won't remap another key for Ctrl in X1Buttonmapper other than Tab. The reason is, that I often press tab by accident which is really annoying, remapped to ctrl is only executing anything when pressed together with another key.
In addition to that, Tab is completely replaced by the left and right keys of the DPad since WM5. Also, Remapping SYM is impossible for technical reasons and remapping Win causes many side effects as seen wit XBC.
I wanted to remap Fn+Tab = Tab but that didn't work and I still have to look into it why. X1ButtonMapper might get a small update with that but it may take some time.

where can i find the underscore _

Hello, i have a little problem.
I would to setup windows messenger on my X1 but i need the _ to compleet the setup. but where can i find the _ on the X1.
Thankz.

bring up the on screen keyboard. its a hassle i know but the x1 doesnt seem to have it mapped on the query keyboard

It works! Thankz.

You can use the àü button (just above the "Sym" key on the hardware keyboard) for this and MANY other characters...
For example type a "-" and then press the àü key and it turns that "-" into the "_" that you wanted...
This also works for $, £, and loads more symbols ...you can even customise it (I set mine up so I have easy access to £ and €...)
READ HERE

thay AU key doesnt seem to do anything for me. do i need to set it up first?

No it should just work ~maybe probs if you've installed a keyboard? or manila ...but fresh out of the box it works automatically
Connect your phone in ActiveSync mode to your computer and open \Windows\sym.0409.txt
That shows you the list ...for each character it shows what pressing the àü key will change it to (you have to press àü immediately after pressing the original key)
You can move them around. Each line is representing one hardware key. Each time you press àü it jumps to the next character on the line in that text file.
Here is an extract of mine -
aàáâäåąãăæ
AÀÁÂÄÅĄÃĂÆ
cçćč©
...
@£$€~
%^
So when I type "a" and then press àü it changes to à ...press àü again and it changes to á ...
So to get the GBP symbol I just type @ and press àüand there you go... I have £

im usign the diamond keyboard. it doesnt do anythign for me when i press that button. dont have anything else installed. ill try to look up that file, thanks.

i tried opening it. it has everything you have and more. however, it doesnt work.

i'm using the X1ButtonMapper software and assigned the Tab+s key for underscore using the command SendKeys("_"). at the same time I assigned the $, %, and + keys to other buttons. it made sending e-mails and SMS a lot easier..

[PRO] Remapping hardware buttons / hardware keyboard

Hi folks,
I'm trying to remap the hardware buttons of my rooted Xperia Pro with stock ICS 4.0.4, but there are some quirks that trouble me.
Basically, I want to
1.) remap the language button on the QWERTZ hardware keyboard.
2.) Prevent the camera button from unlocking the phone - just press power to show the lock screen, then hold camera button, the press home key and you'll see how easy it is for the phone to unlock in your pocket.
So far, I parsed through the keyboard layout files in /system/usr
I remapped key 368 in pm8058-keypad.kl to CTRL_LEFT, which did not seem to make any difference! Language button still invokes language dialog
I also modified quertz.xml and qwerty-en.xml by replacing META_LANGUAGE with META_CTRL_LEFT - did not make any difference.
Of course, I rebooted the phone inbetween...
Regarding 2), I have no clue. Butting WAKE_DROPPED behind CAMERA and FOCUS in pm8058-keypad.kl does not help.

I could use some help with key remapping as well. If I find some info i'll send it your way.

No progress for me so far... anyone?

kyanox said:
I could use some help with key remapping as well. If I find some info i'll send it your way.
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I want to re-map the 0 (Zero) key and the OK button orientation on the PIN Lock feature. Any info what files I need to change?

I GOT IT!!! partially at least....
Reading through http://source.android.com/tech/input/key-character-map-files.html and http://source.android.com/tech/input/key-layout-files.html once again, I finally found something that pointed me into the right direction!
I order to make my change to the Language button work (remapping key 368 to CTRL_LEFT), there are two possible ways:
1.) Set hardware keyboard to FULL keyboard type by replacing "type ALPHA" with "type FULL" in /system/usr/keychars/pm8058-keypad.kcm
This will make the hardware keyboard work without any additional GUI, so pressing shift will allow you to select text and copy&paste via ctrl+a,c,v,x now works (This still depends on the app you are using. Some do ignore this, some will still work with menu+a,c,v,x instead)
But beware:, in order to enter numbers or upper case letters, you now have to keep the modifier key pressed.
Printable characters can be edited via /system/usr/keychars/pm8058-keypad.kcm, non-printables like modifier keys can be edited via /system/usr/keylayout/pm8058-keypad.kl
Android keycode names can be found here: http://source.android.com/tech/input/keyboard-devices.html
Until now, I was unable to create a solution for entering special characters like ä,ö,ü
I tried to via sym or meta keyword in .kcm file while mapping the Sym key to SYMBOL or META_LEFT via the .kl file, but it didn't work...
2.) The .xml files in /system/usr/keyboard-config/layouts are used only with the keyboard configured as "type ALPHA". In order to identify the correct .xml file, you have to parse through the files in /system/usr/keyboard-config/languages and look for the script keyword, which in conjunction with the declarations in /system/usr/keyboard-config/keyprint.xml will tell you to the layout xml file for your device localisation.
Now, in order to remap printable characters, you have to edit the correct layout xml file and for non-printable characters, you have to edit the scancodes.xml file in /system/usr/keyboard-config.
Unfortunately, shift-selecting text will not work with "type ALPHA" mode and it seems that editing scancodes.xml is not sufficient to remap language button to CTRL_LEFT, but the .kl file has to be changed, too.