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Does anyone do a free keyboard applet with source?
I'm looking for one to use in conjunction with a small touchscreen and
would rather not have to go through the hassle of writing one.

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Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
> Does anyone do a free keyboard applet with source?
> I'm looking for one to use in conjunction with a small touchscreen and
> would rather not have to go through the hassle of writing one.
>

Well, if there isn't one and I have to write one I'll post it somewhere
for others to use. That's a THREAT!

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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:07:01 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
<> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
said :

>Does anyone do a free keyboard applet with source?
>I'm looking for one to use in conjunction with a small touchscreen and
>would rather not have to go through the hassle of writing one.

What do you want the keyboard applet to do?

See http://mindprod.com/project/keyboardillustrator.html
for one possible interpretation of your question, unlikely the one you
intend.
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Roedy Green wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:07:01 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
> <> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
> said :
>
>> Does anyone do a free keyboard applet with source?
>> I'm looking for one to use in conjunction with a small touchscreen and
>> would rather not have to go through the hassle of writing one.
>
> What do you want the keyboard applet to do?
>
> See http://mindprod.com/project/keyboardillustrator.html
> for one possible interpretation of your question, unlikely the one you
> intend.

It's for an application where the normal interface is an IR remote
control. I've replaced the major functions of the RC with an applet on a
touchscreen. However, occasionally the user might want to enter a text
string, which is usually done the hard way through the RC a bit like
texting - a real pain. So why not a little keyboard to pump out the UTF-8?

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Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
> Does anyone do a free keyboard applet with source?
> I'm looking for one to use in conjunction with a small touchscreen and
> would rather not have to go through the hassle of writing one.
>

Dirk:

You running this on a Windows machine? Windows has a built in on screen
keyboard that would probably work just fine. We use it all the time to
unset caps lock on remotely accessed boxes through VNC.

Start Programs -> Accessories -> Accessibility -> On Screen Keyboard

I don't know if the Linux distros have anything similar.

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Knute Johnson wrote:
> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
>> Does anyone do a free keyboard applet with source?
>> I'm looking for one to use in conjunction with a small touchscreen and
>> would rather not have to go through the hassle of writing one.
>>
>
> Dirk:
>
> You running this on a Windows machine? Windows has a built in on screen
> keyboard that would probably work just fine. We use it all the time to
> unset caps lock on remotely accessed boxes through VNC.
>
> Start Programs -> Accessories -> Accessibility -> On Screen Keyboard
>
> I don't know if the Linux distros have anything similar.

This is for a consumer system, XP based, headless.
As usual a RC just isn't enough for some people, yet the i/f has got to
be just as simple (or more so). And operable from any computer or
smartphone. So it's browsers and applets.

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