On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 19:42:21 +0000, Jim Price wrote:

> On 24/02/2020 19:20, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>> I'm wondering about using one of the new high resolution 4", 5" or 7"
>> displays and a Pi Zero W to create what's effectively a replacement for
>> an old WinCE-based PDA, but it would need a pop-up on-screen keyboard.
>>
>> So, has experience with an onscreen keyboard application that would run
>> on an RPi?
>
> Not specifically on the Pi, but on general Linux systems I tend to use
> cellwriter. It's default mode is handwriting recognition, but it can be
> optionally started with --keyboard-only, which I prefer to the other
> onscreen keyboards I've tried. Available in Raspbian and Ubuntu AFAICT.

Thanks - exactly what I wanted to know, and in looking for a bit more
about it I found matchbox-keyboard, which seems to be one of the Raspbian
standard packages.

FYI, the screen I'm most interested in trying is a new 4" one from
Pimoroni: the HyperPixel 4.0 TFT, touch screen and claiming 800 x 480
resolution, but its blurb doesn't say anything about brightness, which is
important because this will be used outdoors in bright conditions.


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