On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 07:21:26 -0800, S Deyoreo wrote:

> On Monday, February 24, 2020 at 2:20:11 PM UTC-5, 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?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Martin    | martin at Gregorie  | gregorie dot org
>
> I have a 7" touch screen with the on-screen keyboard. I forget where I
> got it, but it wasn't hard to find.
> I don't like it, you have to touch towards the top of each button, it's
> too small...
> I don't use it.

Thanks for the input. I don't like this type of keyboard either. I'm too
used to the tactile feel of proper, moving keys.

There were devices around in 1978 with capacitative keys printed on a
flat piece of rigid plastic that were as horrid to use as a modern on-
screen keyboard - like drumming your fingers on a sheet of cardboard.

However, in this case I'm planning to make a pocketable device equivalent
to a WinCE-based PDA (think Compaq iPAC and successors) from an Pi Zero W
and a touch screen, It will sometimes need keyed input and there's no way
I'm going to carry a keyboard, no matter how small and cute it might be,
so I will need an on-screen pop-up keyboard from time to time.


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Martin    | martin at
Gregorie  | gregorie dot org

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