Most people will already know F-Droid, but if not: great app for
installing open source software.
One of the applications you can install with it is OpenBoard. A
replacement keyboard. You can have numeric keys constantly visible and
can access emojis very easily.

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

On 12-04-2023 08:25, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> Most people will already know F-Droid, but if not: great app for
> installing open source software.
> One of the applications you can install with it is OpenBoard. A
> replacement keyboard. You can have numeric keys constantly visible and
> can access emojis very easily.

My favorite is Hackers Keyboard, because it is a 'normal' typewriter
keyboard with ctrl, alt, esc and arrow keys. Indispensable if you do
much termux/terminal work on your phone.

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het varken van Breslau <hari@seldon.net> writes:
>My favorite is Hackers Keyboard, because it is a 'normal' typewriter
>keyboard with ctrl, alt, esc and arrow keys. Indispensable if you do
>much termux/terminal work on your phone.

It's not normal enough for my taste. I actually search for:

..-. .-----------. .-----------. .-----------. .---------.
| | | | | | | | | | = = =
'-' '-----------' '-----------' '-----------' '---------'
..--------------------------------------------. .---------. .-----------.
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | '---------' | |
| | | |
| | .--. | |
| | | | | |
| | .--' '--. | |
| | | | | |
'--------------------------------------------' '--------' '-----------'

, but have not yet found it for Android. The numerical keypad does
not matter that much to me, so the follwing layout also would be fine.

..-. .-------------. .-------------. .-------------. .---------.
| | | | | | | | | |
'-' '-------------' '-------------' '-------------' '---------'
..--------------------------------------------------. .---------.
| | | |
| .------. | |
| | | '---------'
| '-. |
| |<-' | .--.
| '----' | |
| | .--' '--.
| | | |
'--------------------------------------------------' '--------'

ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:

> het varken van Breslau <hari@seldon.net> writes:
>>My favorite is Hackers Keyboard, because it is a 'normal' typewriter
>>keyboard with ctrl, alt, esc and arrow keys. Indispensable if you do
>>much termux/terminal work on your phone.
>
> It's not normal enough for my taste. I actually search for:
>
> .-. .-----------. .-----------. .-----------. .---------.
> | | | | | | | | | | = = =
> '-' '-----------' '-----------' '-----------' '---------'
> .--------------------------------------------. .---------. .-----------.
> | | | | | |
> | | | | | |
> | | '---------' | |
> | | | |
> | | .--. | |
> | | | | | |
> | | .--' '--. | |
> | | | | | |
> '--------------------------------------------' '--------' '-----------'
>
> , but have not yet found it for Android. The numerical keypad does
> not matter that much to me, so the follwing layout also would be fine.
>
> .-. .-------------. .-------------. .-------------. .---------.
> | | | | | | | | | |
> '-' '-------------' '-------------' '-------------' '---------'
> .--------------------------------------------------. .---------.
> | | | |
> | .------. | |
> | | | '---------'
> | '-. |
> | |<-' | .--.
> | '----' | |
> | | .--' '--.
> | | | |
> '--------------------------------------------------' '--------'

If you ever find it …

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

het varken van Breslau <hari@seldon.net> writes:

> On 12-04-2023 08:25, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>> Most people will already know F-Droid, but if not: great app for
>> installing open source software.
>> One of the applications you can install with it is OpenBoard. A
>> replacement keyboard. You can have numeric keys constantly visible and
>> can access emojis very easily.
>
> My favorite is Hackers Keyboard, because it is a 'normal' typewriter
> keyboard with ctrl, alt, esc and arrow keys. Indispensable if you do
> much termux/terminal work on your phone.

Is sadly not in F-Droid.
(I try to install only from F-Droid.)

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

On 12-04-2023 14:35, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> het varken van Breslau <hari@seldon.net> writes:
>
>> On 12-04-2023 08:25, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>>> Most people will already know F-Droid, but if not: great app for
>>> installing open source software.
>>> One of the applications you can install with it is OpenBoard. A
>>> replacement keyboard. You can have numeric keys constantly visible and
>>> can access emojis very easily.
>>
>> My favorite is Hackers Keyboard, because it is a 'normal' typewriter
>> keyboard with ctrl, alt, esc and arrow keys. Indispensable if you do
>> much termux/terminal work on your phone.
>
> Is sadly not in F-Droid.
> (I try to install only from F-Droid.)
>
Github dan:
https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard

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het varken van Breslau <hari@seldon.net> writes:

> On 12-04-2023 14:35, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>> het varken van Breslau <hari@seldon.net> writes:
>>
>>> On 12-04-2023 08:25, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>>>> Most people will already know F-Droid, but if not: great app for
>>>> installing open source software.
>>>> One of the applications you can install with it is OpenBoard. A
>>>> replacement keyboard. You can have numeric keys constantly visible and
>>>> can access emojis very easily.
>>>
>>> My favorite is Hackers Keyboard, because it is a 'normal' typewriter
>>> keyboard with ctrl, alt, esc and arrow keys. Indispensable if you do
>>> much termux/terminal work on your phone.
>> Is sadly not in F-Droid.
>> (I try to install only from F-Droid.)
>>
> Github dan:
> https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard

The warning in the overview is a bit omnious, but I will try it out.

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

het varken van Breslau wrote:

>>> On 12-04-2023 08:25, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>>>> Most people will already know F-Droid, but if not: great app for
>>>> installing open source software.
>>>> One of the applications you can install with it is OpenBoard. A
>>>> replacement keyboard. You can have numeric keys constantly visible and
>>>> can access emojis very easily.
>>>
>>> My favorite is Hackers Keyboard, because it is a 'normal' typewriter
>>> keyboard with ctrl, alt, esc and arrow keys. Indispensable if you do
>>> much termux/terminal work on your phone.
>>
>> Is sadly not in F-Droid.
>> (I try to install only from F-Droid.)
>>
> Github dan:
> https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard

Often there are similar-sounding apps, so I provide actual URLs below
(I do this to save others time, as it takes me a LOT of time to do this).

To add value to this conversation, as always, we've covered this topic.
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/CmZAI0OsXDs/>
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/zPww_njuwXY/>
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/JTIPFL2F-1I/>
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/Sw77I7DFGbk/>
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/XGfq78zIsRk/>
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/O7DYH2J4iFM/>
etc.

We even covered handwriting keyboards, in the past, on this ng.
*Which is your favorite Android virtual keyboard for handwriting & voice microphone & keypress typing?*
<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/3mF2M17BODE/>

And, to save others time, I also make illustrative screenshots (which,
again, takes me tremendous time - so that I can save YOU your time).
<https://i.postimg.cc/59HnPBxx/keyboard01.jpg> openboard & hackers keyboard

An example of what you can do with Android keyboards is shown below:
<https://i.postimg.cc/vZ4Vt9DW/gboard01.jpg> tap once for microphone
<https://i.postimg.cc/50SY2SkM/gboard03.jpg> tap again for punctuation
<https://i.postimg.cc/dVgTH1Tg/gboard02.jpg> but why switch Y with Z?
<https://i.postimg.cc/qMP1nkvM/gboard04.jpg> virtual keyboard choice
<https://i.postimg.cc/NMjf6fGd/keyboard00.jpg> switch among keyboards

Also to add value, here is an illustrative shot I made just now for you.
<https://i.postimg.cc/59HnPBxx/keyboard01.jpg> openboard & hackers keyboard

To flesh out the original suggestion of OpenBoard on F-Droid, a lot of
people don't seem to know you don't need F-Droid to install apps on the
F-Droid repository - you can use a web browser on any platform instead.
*OpenBoard* Privacy Focused Open Source Keyboard by dslul, FOSS
free, ad free, gsf free, 3.8star, 2.41K reviews, 100K+Downloads
<https://github.com/dslul/openboard>
<https://f-droid.org/packages/org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin/>

And, I think, it _is_ on Google Play Store - but I didn't get it there.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin>
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarevalencia.openboard.inputmethod.latin>

Notice there are _two_ similar-looking OpenBoard apps on Google Play.
Can someone on the team elucidate for the rest of us more about that?

I realize this post may be confusing as I'm adding data that wasn't yet
in the thread, but that's why I post - to help others know more about Android.
<https://i.postimg.cc/Sx66hYhQ/copypasta01.jpg> copy/paste using keyboard
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Posted out of the goodness of my heart to disseminate useful information
which, in this case, is to faithfully try to help the original poster.