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From: "Allen S. Rout" <asr@ufl.edu>
Subject: Re: GNU Emacs ported to Android
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:53:35 -0400
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On 08/22/2012 04:17 AM, 'Mash (Thomas Herbert) wrote:
> On 2012-08-21 18:42+0100, Ian Barton wrote:
>> On 21/08/12 16:22, Karl Voit wrote:
>>
>>> Anybody else sharing experiences with Emacs or HW-keyboards on
>>> Android?
>>>
>> Thanks for the heads up. Off to play. The android Hackers Keyboard
>> has Ctrl, Alt, etc. I use it to run Emacs via a terminal. However, a
>> hardware keyboard that worked would be great.
>>
>> Ian.
>>
>
> Tempted to get one of these at some point.
> http://www.freedominput.com/freedom-accessories/freedom-pro-keyboard


I own it.  It doesn't work, at least 2.2.1 on my MyTouch 4G (and my G1, 
but...)

The problem is not with the hardware per se;  the keyboard driver in 
_android_ (not at the bluetooth layer) specifically omitted the key 
modifier concept, so ctrl, M-, alt just don't happen.

I've been hoping that the Android-as-USB-host stuff announced at the 
last IO would unscrew that problem, but haven't followed its progress much.

- Allen S. Rout