I want to use my Universal for remote management of UNIX systems while I'm walking around the data centre. Unfortunately the lack of a ctrl key makes this impossible (without bringing up the virtual keyboard).
I very rarely use the caps-lock key or the "mail" key so these would be ideal candidates for a remap. Has anyone got any information about how I would go about hacking the key maps or keyboard driver to remap the functions of these keys?
Try the program AEKMap from http://ae.inc.ru
I never used it under WM5.
Works very well but doesn't seem to be able to send the control key 0011
Shame, because this would have been ideal.
you can try to contact its author. Maybe he would fix the program.
Yes, AEKMap now hooks and generates Ctrl'ed key combinations. And other useful features appears since AEKMap release. See them on http://ae.inc.ru/aekmap.php
Hello,
It has been quite a while, but how did you manage with AEKMap to remap the "mail"-key to the ctrl-key? I tried to generate an .AEK file, but seemingly I have no idee what to exactly write in there and I only get an error message.
tnx, fortaq
Is there an application that allows you to bind keys for specific words. For example, on my Sony PEG UX-50, I had my CTRL + P keys bound to my password, so all I had to do is click the appropriate field and then press those two keys simultaneously.
C'mon guys. There has to be an application that allows you to bind words to shortcuts. If Palm had it, WM should definetely have it.
.PoNeH said:
C'mon guys. There has to be an application that allows you to bind words to shortcuts. If Palm had it, WM should definetely have it.
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Sup yo.
Mostlikely a PPC app exists but very few of those apps are moved to SMartphone. WHich sucks greatly.
JAmerican
I don't even know what I would search for. JAm, you remember the ability in the Palm OS to do this right? I wonder why PPC and WM didn't adopt it into their OS.
My idea is to make a program that acts like WVGA-fix, that is, reducing the display area ( by 160 pixels in height) in order to make VGA applications compatible AND, at the same time, using the space gained at the bottom for a virtual D-Pad.
That would make many 3D games compatible and playable (becuase of the D-Pad) but also applications like Realcalculator or the SPB suite.
Does anyone want to do this? I'd donate at least 20 bucks and I guess there are lots of other people who would appreciate a solution like this.
Nice idea, but what's the point in the WVGA screen then? Might as well get a Diamond!
also thought about that. tgere is someone working on it. search for the d-pad sip thread.
the idea is to program an emulator, wich opens applications in a 640x480px Frame this way its simulates a VGA screen. the 160px left can be used for virtual D-Pad. when pressing a button on the virtual D-Pad, the direction has to be send to the frame - to the application / game.
Koffein Schluck said:
also thought about that. tgere is someone working on it. search for the d-pad sip thread.
the idea is to program an emulator, wich opens applications in a 640x480px Frame this way its simulates a VGA screen. the 160px left can be used for virtual D-Pad. when pressing a button on the virtual D-Pad, the direction has to be send to the frame - to the application / game.
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If you want to go as far as having an on screen virtual keypad with the OS running at a lower resolution to accommodate it, I imagine this would need to be done through a replacement screen driver much like NYDITOT. If you've ever used NVD, you should know what I mean. They use a generic replacement for the screen/display/keyboard driver that then allows the OS display to be run at any resolution and then scrolled.
But since it replaces the entire screen driver (ddi.dll) with it's own generic version, this method is also a performance hit for more graphical apps like games. If someone can figure out something better and easier, go for it. I imagine you would only need to hack with the touch driver if you wanted an invisible on-screen dpad or something.
And it should look like this http://upload.csrune.com/files/dpadsip669.PNG ;-)
It's just another keyboard...
Hello, sorry to unburry this topic, but I consider the concept is of premium importance.
First of all, I think it should have nothing to do with resizing the screen, as it would just complicate the process and slow down the programs...
Games and other software using the HD's missing pad are generally already VGA (if not QVGA) sized (considering recent WVGA games can use the touchscreen or the accelerometer), so they already display black unused sections on the screen (and by the way, a lot of useful apps, such as WVGAFix or Hou Ming's Force Hires already manage the lost margin and/or resize QVGA to VGA).
So it should only be about using this otherwise spilled and already existing dead zone to display a pad.
There are tons of applications for such a pad, and not only games !
Just browsing through directories can just be so painful without a pad, as Windows Mobile massively relies on its presence.
For instance, you have nice thumbnails showing when you parse pictures, but they are rendered useless, as you can't browse through them ! As soon as you select the next one with stylus or finger, it pops opened (well, popping isn't really the appropriate word, if you consider how slow the process is )
Then the best way to browse a directory, is to open the SIP keyboard, but of course, not the Microsoft one, as it has no arrow keys (remember : Windows assumes a pad is present) : you have to open this nice, but oversized HTC one, you know, the one that has arrows, but no Ctrl key, and therefore is unable to copy and paste !...
As keyboard arrows do work in any situation, I really, really think we all lack a simple 4 direction pad (plus "action" button, the other four classical buttons being physically present, phew) that would take no room on the screen, and help us browsing files and menus, or playing games.
The virtual pad should be available in the keyboards and other input devices list, exactly the same way the others are.
Ideally, we could imagine a tiny one that would overlap the central button and take no room on the screen, but just occupy about half an inch in the center of the lower bar, plus the usual SIP input choice arrow, in order we can still change keyboards at will.
For older VGA ou QVGA games, a larger and more finger friendly version could be imagined, either just a thick line of buttons, or why not, a larger pad, as shown on Wolfenzi's nice picture.
Just consider that a lot of virtual keyboards are available, so It doesn't seem to be something impossible to do !
It would be just another keyboard, just having only 5 keys, and nothing else !!!
I actually really can't figure out why nobody seems to be interested by such a simple yet useful idea...
Oh, and as Maati, I'm ready to remunerate anyone who'd do the effort, too.
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Nice idea, but what's the point in the WVGA screen then? Might as well get a Diamond!
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Well, not as I see it, and support the need for such a utility.
This utility would allow older (no longer actively supported?) applications what were design for VGA and control (only!) thru the D-pad, to still work.
Of course, new applications will be written to fully use WVGA, and have control thru means other than the D-pad.
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My idea is to make a program that acts like WVGA-fix, that is, reducing the display area ( by 160 pixels in height) in order to make VGA applications compatible AND, at the same time, using the space gained at the bottom for a virtual D-Pad.
That would make many 3D games compatible and playable (becuase of the D-Pad) but also applications like Realcalculator or the SPB suite.
Does anyone want to do this? I'd donate at least 20 bucks and I guess there are lots of other people who would appreciate a solution like this.
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+2 Ditto.
Z80-Man said:
Hello, sorry to unburry this topic, but I consider the concept is of premium importance.
First of all, I think it should have nothing to do with resizing the screen, as it would just complicate the process and slow down the programs...
Games and other software using the HD's missing pad are generally already VGA (if not QVGA) sized (considering recent WVGA games can use the touchscreen or the accelerometer), so they already display black unused sections on the screen (and by the way, a lot of useful apps, such as WVGAFix or Hou Ming's Force Hires already manage the lost margin and/or resize QVGA to VGA).
So it should only be about using this otherwise spilled and already existing dead zone to display a pad.
There are tons of applications for such a pad, and not only games !
Just browsing through directories can just be so painful without a pad, as Windows Mobile massively relies on its presence.
For instance, you have nice thumbnails showing when you parse pictures, but they are rendered useless, as you can't browse through them ! As soon as you select the next one with stylus or finger, it pops opened (well, popping isn't really the appropriate word, if you consider how slow the process is )
Then the best way to browse a directory, is to open the SIP keyboard, but of course, not the Microsoft one, as it has no arrow keys (remember : Windows assumes a pad is present) : you have to open this nice, but oversized HTC one, you know, the one that has arrows, but no Ctrl key, and therefore is unable to copy and paste !...
As keyboard arrows do work in any situation, I really, really think we all lack a simple 4 direction pad (plus "action" button, the other four classical buttons being physically present, phew) that would take no room on the screen, and help us browsing files and menus, or playing games.
The virtual pad should be available in the keyboards and other input devices list, exactly the same way the others are.
Ideally, we could imagine a tiny one that would overlap the central button and take no room on the screen, but just occupy about half an inch in the center of the lower bar, plus the usual SIP input choice arrow, in order we can still change keyboards at will.
For older VGA ou QVGA games, a larger and more finger friendly version could be imagined, either just a thick line of buttons, or why not, a larger pad, as shown on Wolfenzi's nice picture.
Just consider that a lot of virtual keyboards are available, so It doesn't seem to be something impossible to do !
It would be just another keyboard, just having only 5 keys, and nothing else !!!
I actually really can't figure out why nobody seems to be interested by such a simple yet useful idea...
Oh, and as Maati, I'm ready to remunerate anyone who'd do the effort, too.
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hail to this simple, yet working solution.
and even include gestueres perhaps like windows and resco keyboard has.
why is it that we dont have this yet than??
sorry for my bad english
Hey, there's even worse than our good old Touch HD !
I recently tried a Touch HD 2 a friend wanted to show me (actually the guy who sold me his Touch HD ! ) and now there's an even biggest problem with HTC Sense (or maybe just Windows mobile 6.5) and the capacitive multitouch screen !
The good old scroll bars on the sides of the windows have been replaced by a thin line popping a slider when you press on it...
But, now it's all but precise !
As your finger now touches an entire area at the same time, it becomes almost impossible to scroll precisely to a desired position in a long list or directory (just try to go where you want in the Windows directory, and you'll go quickly mad) !!!
Maybe it would be better with a stylus, but there's no stylus provided with the Touch HD 2...
Or maybe it would be better using the arrows keys... The ones that should be on the pad if it was there...
Now you know why I told you that story !
I know this is a touch screen phone - and that OK but the screen gets smudged easily and, of course it can get damaged if you're a bit heavy handed. What would be fantactic is an application that mimics finger scrolling by using the g sensor i.e. tip the phone a bit and the whole page slowly glides across - tilt a bit more and it moves the page faster. This would be great for web browsing or ebook reading - maybe for games too.
Tirinoarim is making a great virtual d-pad application. but I don't think it's going to do what i'm thinking (though I may be wrong).
Any body know of anything that can do this? - or wanna have a go at coding one?
There is a program called g-scroll but it only works on Diamond.
I had that in my Athena, but I never use it. Found it a real pain.
Maybe just need doing right
I miss having a d pad specifically the joystick from the apache. i tried everything-virtual dpad, assigning the updown keys and the ok and start with click double click triple click, the zoom bar one. reassigning the hardkeys worked best but still was only a fix. I really miss one handed operation without having to touch the screen especially to scroll through an article. I used to press down once and it would scroll exactly one page foward it made reading websites great. Now I use opera instead of pie but i find that the scrolling is annoying use and moves all over the place. Also when you need to edit something you typed, the joystick allowed you to get right where you needed. Ive tried using the hard keyboard but its also not as good as joystickk,trackball, dpad because i have to be in landscape. Does anyone here think its possible to modify the tp2 and disable the zoombar and put in a old joystick from the apache? Is that realistic. I would be willing to pay to have this done because i love the tp2 running 6.5 and spb and dont want a new htc device with android. Why cant htc get the hardware perfect they seemed to fix one thing and make another worse with each new model (apache,mogul,tp,tp2).
Thanks
I know I missed the joystick, but now, whenever I want to use my phone for more than a reply to a text or checking the time or something. I just open my phone and use the joystick there. I know its not always conventional, but it seems like the only logical thing to be done. If you notice, more and more of the new phones (most of them are Android OS) are coming out with the Trackballs like the Blackberry's (see Aria, Hero, Incredible, etc.)
This seems like its goin to be the new style, and there are going to be fewer and fewer phones with physical keyboards
I've recently replaced my ATC Tilt 8925 with the HTC Tilt2 because I like the windows operating system and the fully customizable capability I have with the Tilt (I don't like restricted phones with controlled options by the provider).
I do miss the dpad that the Tilt 8925 has. It would be nice if HTC developes a Tilt3 with the best of both 8925 and the T2 all in one handset.
It's funny you should ask, because I was just thinking about how much I miss the configuration on my 8925 Tilt! If they could have kept the d-pad and the scroll wheel on the side, I would be happy. Personally, I am not a huge fan of the touch screen, but the genie is out of the bottle now, I guess.
I share exactly your feelings. I had the apache witht the joysick which i prefered over the dapd but my wife had the mogul with the scroll wheel where I has the slider. They both worked great and are missing on the tp2. Altough I dont think im gonna like wp7 but i was hoping that thr new phones from htc would have at least a track ball but it looks like there qare just three barley buttons on the wp7 pro that will be coming to sprint- search,start and back. What a shame. Im really happy with the tp2 running 6.5 and spb mobile shell and the resistive touch screen and am not happy about what the future holds.