N900: The First Impressions Thread - Page 56 - maemo.org

fnordianslip | # 551 | 2009-12-02, 21:56 | Report

Originally Posted by les_garten View Post

The Tilde key is not an accent key.

See if you can type this: ~user

The symbol before user is a tilde. It is on the Virtual Keyboard, but it doesn't work on mine. I would like to know if others have the problem as well.

Yep, I can type that by keying in:
~<space>user

Edit...
By this I mean entering the "~" character on the symbol OSK.

Last edited by fnordianslip; 2009-12-02 at 21:59. Reason: Clarification

eiffel | # 552 | 2009-12-02, 22:16 | Report

As les_garten says, if you want a tilde without it being an accept, type tilde then space. The space will be discarded, but it will make the tilde work.

For tab, many applications (including Xterminal) recognize control-I.

Regards,
Roger

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thinh | # 553 | 2009-12-02, 22:21 | Report

Originally Posted by DaveP1 View Post

there are those of us who want something better and are counting on Nokia to build it.

yep, and i want portrait mode texting!!!

qole | # 554 | 2009-12-02, 22:30 | Report

Originally Posted by daperl View Post

I'm probably the only dude on here using their own Python virtual terminal as their primary tablet console. I might also be the only dude on here using their own Python webkit wrapper as their primary tablet browser.

Links to files, please!

(EDIT: 'cause I'd like to be another dude running some of your Python apps)

Last edited by qole; 2009-12-02 at 22:33.

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qole | # 555 | 2009-12-02, 22:54 | Report

Originally Posted by les_garten View Post

The Tilde key is not an accent key.

On your N900, type

n i ~ n o

Congratulations! You've just written "boy child" in Spanish! Or you might be referring to the weather system...

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Thor | # 556 | 2009-12-02, 22:55 | Report

Originally Posted by Thor View Post

I finally got mine today. Been playing around with it for around 9 hours now - I took the day off work.

Mostly good impressions. I've only installed official applications from Maemo Select and Extras but am getting messages saying not enough memory. I'm trying a reboot but have to do some work soon.

For anyone wondering, I removed the friend IM aggregator widget and rebooted and no more problems with the memory message. I don't know if that was the problem but it mention problems with messages, so that was my guess.

Thor | # 557 | 2009-12-02, 22:56 | Report

Originally Posted by qole View Post

On your N900, type

n i ~ n o

Congratulations! You've just written "boy child" in Spanish! Or you might be referring to the weather system...

Or Liverpool footballer Fernando Torres

real_per | # 558 | 2009-12-02, 22:58 | Report

writing this from my brand new N900. Wuhu!

One problem: My operator id is shown two times, next to each other on the desktop ?

Like this: http://www.fonearena.com/blog/wp-con...nboxing_31.jpg

Also, id doesn't show any cell id?

Is this a bug ?

qole | # 559 | 2009-12-02, 23:01 | Report

Originally Posted by les_garten View Post

2) Three keys I kinda want handy. Tilda, TAB, and PIPE. None of these are on the main keyboard? I'm sure TAB is someplace but I'm still looking for it.

See this thread for XTerm customisation tips.

See this thread for re-mapping the keyboard.

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RTbar | # 560 | 2009-12-02, 23:30 | Report

updated post, noticed that the arrow keys don't work in the app manager and other applications to scroll.