[Vm-dev] iOS VM and external bluetooth keyboard: it works!
Johnmci
johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com
Mon Mar 4 15:30:58 UTC 2013
For debugging I would load the Squeak VNC package them remotely work from the Mac
Sent from my iPhone
On 2013-03-04, at 10:27 AM, "phil at highoctane.be" <phil at highoctane.be> wrote:
>
> The current VM uses a simple protocol that doesn't allows for modifiers indeed.
> Also, you don't get any keyup and keydown events.
>
> For modifiers it uses a morph that mimics a Cmd.
>
> Well, for what I want to do, it is not okay. I need to be able to
> evaluate and change things on the device in an easy way and the
> bluetooth keyboard as a real keyboard is invaluable for that (e.g. try
> to debug anything on the iPad with the current VM).
>
> Phil
> 2013/3/4 Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>:
>>
>> On 2013-03-04, at 00:45, "phil at highoctane.be" <phil at highoctane.be> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for this. Never came across that doc.
>>> Got the homepage but no links there. Go figure.
>>>
>>> My store concern is not about the UIApplication subclassing. It is is
>>> about picking internal GSEvents.
>>>
>>> In fact I am finding myself reimplementing a keyboard driver from raw
>>> scancodes and modifers.
>>
>> Is this because otherwise you don't get the modifiers? Because for normal keys I thought there isn't anything special to do.
>>
>> - Bert -
>>
>>
>>
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