[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  

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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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