hackerskeyboard

Connect Keyboard, Press PgDn. Or what I actually use for ssh on the road: https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard Google kicked it from their store because it still supports older Androids but it still works just fine on the latest versions. It's on F-Droid.

I've tried Termux but use the old irssiconnectbot (https://github.com/irssiconnectbot/irssiconnectbot) but with slight modifications over the years since its open source... along with an also modified hackerkeyboard (https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard) to support my workflow which is heavy on emacs and GNU Screen. The colors/graphics seem to be better on irssi and can also handle all the emacs and gnu screen keyboard chords and escape sequences. I try every android terminal but nobody is really thinking about running more than simple commands.

My favourite android keyboard has a compose key and also a lot of good defaults in long touch on keys (including en and em under dash). Only downside is last android update causes the keyboard to be overlapped in landscape mode. A problem with a number of alternative keyboards out there. https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard/issues/957

I use 3 different keyboards 1. for the daily stuff Android Keyboard (AOSP) 2. for when I need Ctrl-C, maths symbols and operators when SSHing into my RPI's Unexpected keyboard https://github.com/Julow/Unexpected-Keyboard 3. the old classic for everyting Hackers keyboard https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard

I've tried all kinds of portable physical keyboards but for programming on android you can't beat Hackers Keyboard https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard I've got a fork working with Android 14

Termux allows the same kind of scripting ability you would expect from a desktop. Termux-api almost rivals tasker in what you can automate with it. I use the "share with termux" function and git pull/push shortcuts more than anything else, and they are both effectively 1 touch functions. The share with termux function allows you to script how termux will respond to shared urls, I have it set up to auto-start yt-dlp and fill in certain formats and details and starts downloading. It was a little bit inconvenient to set up, but I managed without a fullsized keyboard. There's an app called hacker keyboard that makes it easy. The original script I wrote was initially set up with youtube-dl, the most recent change was to yt-dlp. For a lot of little things, like to SSH/reboot my rpi, wget a link I want to archive/send, small python programs (and

Does not work with Hacker's Keyboard (https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard). It closes itself after a few deciseconds, whereas usually the permanent notification feature can be tapped to open and use a keyboard anywhere. Or maybe I haven't tried using it on the new Android 11 yet and yet another of my favorite hacks broke.... now that I try it elsewhere, it seems this app got broken by google breaking userspace again... Never mind, looks like I'll have to go and fetch a USB keyboard for this in the future :/

Not exactly the same but wanted to share what has worked wonders for me for years. I needed to run a terminal multiplexer on a remote machine, SSH into it, and be able to use emacs (key bindings and all) on my Pixel 5. I found this combination of now defunct open source apps worked better than any I've tried. https://github.com/irssiconnectbot/irssiconnectbot For SSH client. (not version 2. version 1.7.1-irssi specifically) https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard Keyboard that has Ctrl/Alt/Meta keys without having to switch modes. A bit cramped and the UI for AutoSuggestion dissappeared in Android 13 :( These tools are not without their quirks tho but I'm sure with some TLC they can be ironed out. Funny I'm an Android dev by day but haven't had time to look into the minor issues both tools have because they are so old. Then again, th

Another keyboard for this use case is Unexpected Keyboard [1]. I opted for this one, because Hacker's Keyboard seems to be in maintenance mode (sure, not necessarily an issue, but see the warning in the readme [2]). [1] https://github.com/Julow/Unexpected-Keyboard [2] https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard#overview

I used to code NodeJS services on my phone quite a lot when I was commuting to an office. I used Termux - https://termux.dev/en/. It was brilliant, and worked far better than you'd think it would. The main problem was the keyboard because the stock Android one doesn't support a lot of symbols. I solved that with https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard.

Try hacker's keyboard https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard

Is it better than Hacker's Keyboard? https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard

I had the same thought. To give an example and add some context: just last week I thought of a possible bug and gap in the test coverage for a personal project. Within a Zsh prompt, I pulled the latest revision from Bitbucket using Mercurial, used Emacs (via the Hacker's Keyboard [1] soft keyboard) to edit the test suite and add a couple of lines, then used CMake to generate a makefile for GNU Make to build the project using Clang, and finally ran the test suite and confirmed the expected segfault. All of this was done locally (except for the pull, obviously) from within a Termux [2] session on a sub-$300 Android phone. Granted, the full test suite takes about 14x longer to run on my phone compared to my aging desktop and it's tedious to type very much, but as the old saying goes: "The marvel is not that the bear dances well, but that t