Test Input?

[linoleum13]

With the release of Bochs with FreeDOS and Win95 emulation on the GP2X (as well as other apps) it seems like an innovative way to input text on the GP2X could come in handy. Especially because virtual keyboards are so very tedious. Im thinking something similar to T9word for the cell phone.

One idea is to map pressing each of the 8 directions of the thumbstick to four different characters. Then you select the specific character with one of the four buttons.

Any other ideas or projects in the works?

 

[slygamer]

There has already been a huge discussion on this back before the GP2X was released, and Frodo apparently has a fairly nice implementation.

 

[nickspoon]

I did work on a text input system, but it didn't work so I gave up . I might pick it up again if the demand is quite high, but at the moment I'm working on FlashPlay (yes, I should change my sig).

 

[woogal]

I did work on a text input system, but it didn't work so I gave up . I might pick it up again if the demand is quite high, but at the moment I'm working on FlashPlay (yes, I should change my sig).

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Was that your edgewrite implementation? I did a quick port of my gp32 version as a test but never finished making it into something vaugely useful as I thought you were still working on yours. If you've given up for a while then I might do a little more work to mine and release it.

 

[nickspoon]

I did work on a text input system, but it didn't work so I gave up . I might pick it up again if the demand is quite high, but at the moment I'm working on FlashPlay (yes, I should change my sig).

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Was that your edgewrite implementation? I did a quick port of my gp32 version as a test but never finished making it into something vaugely useful as I thought you were still working on yours. If you've given up for a while then I might do a little more work to mine and release it.

No, I'm not going to work on mine until I've got gnash ported and useful (might never be fast). It probably segfaulted (I never got around to debugging), as everything segfaults . Good luck with your EdgeWrite stuff.

 

[God Ginrai]

With the release of Bochs with FreeDOS and Win95 emulation on the GP2X (as well as other apps) it seems like an innovative way to input text on the GP2X could come in handy. Especially because virtual keyboards are so very tedious. Im thinking something similar to T9word for the cell phone.

One idea is to map pressing each of the 8 directions of the thumbstick to four different characters. Then you select the specific character with one of the four buttons.

Any other ideas or projects in the works?

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T9 Sucks... As for your other suggestion, someone proposed a version similar to that, and linked to a SWF that showed you how it would work. (maybe it was you, nickspoon?)
Anyways, it involved pressing a specific button to change between "sets" of characters such as between the alphabet, symbols, etc. And then you'd move your stick in the direction of the letters you want, and press the selection button a certain amount of times so that the letter of your choice is selected, and then when you released the joystick, it would add the letter. I tried it with my keyboard, and it seemed like a pretty fast and easy-to-use implementation.

 

[woogal]

I've released my Edgewrite implementation here.

 

[linoleum13]

That was fast. Ill have to give it a try tonight. Thanks!