[iPAQ] Re: [Handhelds] Keyboard? (was: Re: scribble update )

At 8:49 PM -0700 9/21/00, ipaq-request@handhelds.org wrote:
>Message: 14
>Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:28:30 -0700
>From: Wayland Bruns <wayland@companionlink.com>
>To: George France <france@crl.dec.com>
>CC: handhelds@handhelds.org, ipaq@handhelds.org
>Subject: [iPAQ] Re: [Handhelds] Keyboard? (was: Re: scribble update )
>
>> > Is anybody currently working on an on screen keyboard?
>> > Pen/Stroke input is fine, but I like a pen-tap keyboard.
>> > I can tap as fast as I can write
>> > and my hand doesn't cramp when tapping.
>
>We recently released an onscreen keyboard as Bin and GPL source code at
>http://linux.companionlink.com.
>
>Unfortunately, the buttons are so small, my accuracy is better with GridWrite
>handwriting than with the keyboard.
>
>Wayland Bruns, CEO/CTO
>CompanionLink Software, Inc.

The keyboard font for cpkbd is settable via an X resource. It's
currently fairly small so that the keyboard fits in the horizontal
width of the 240x320 LCD on the Casio E-1XX series of units running
LinuxVR.

The resource is documented in the cpkbd man page. Just choose a
larger font size and the keyboard (and keys) will be larger. For
example, add this resource to the user's .Xdefaults (or modify one it
is already exists):

cpkbd*font: helvetica 12

As long as the font encodes all ISO8859-1 characters accented and
special symbols are supported. I've found that some X fonts claim to
be ISO8859-1 but are not.

                                                        - Fred

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