New Axim + Some questions :unsure:

playmobil · 05-31-05, 04:57 PM

After reading this forum for a long while, I finally received my x50v, along with a palm universal keyboard and an innopocket magnesium hardcase.

Major thanks to all the kind people on this board for creating such a wonderful resource!!

Questions first:

* Is there a way to stop word completion popups while I'm using the palm keyboard (found a way to stop the SIP popping up,here )?

* Is anyone familiar with a binaries for Bash or Ruby for the Axim?

* I installed emacs with no problems thanks to this site but there's no esc key and ctrl-[ doesn't appear to work, any ideas?

* It appears the pocketpc version of emacs has a menu bar - any way to get it to appear on the axim? I had to add the -geometry switch to get it to work in high resolution mode, but I can't see the menu bar (if indeed there is one)...

I'm a former palm user, so some observations:

* Like other people said here, the palm keyboard is simply amazing - I'm a programmer so I'm really sensitive to keyboards, and I took to this one right away, even keeps up with my typing speed. Also, it "just worked" the first time I set it up - really nice!

* The innopocket looks to be a nice case although it's a bit bulkier than I would have preferred and the shape of it prevents me from using the axim on the keyboard with it. Also the plastic snap doesn't look too sturdy...

* It took a bit of fiddling to get things working in VGA mode, ozVGA and ForceHiRes seemed to do the trick but then I found that every time I soft reset ForceHiRes stopped working till I opened it's settings pane. Turns out you have to add forcehires.exe to the startup items to get it to work after a reboot - funny I didn't see this on the forum...

* The ability to read A4 formatted PDFs in landscape mode without horizontal scrolling is amazing!!!

* Styletap is amazing, I can run all my old palm programs faster than on my m505!

mn5829 · 05-31-05, 05:29 PM

can't really answer your questions but the first

whenever u are inputing text, touch the arrow next to the icon at the bottom right and pick options, open the tab "word completion" in the new window and uncheck the "suggest words when enterint text" box

playmobil · 05-31-05, 05:40 PM

Thanks! :)

PDAAddict · 05-31-05, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by playmobil

* The innopocket looks to be a nice case although it's a bit bulkier than I would have preferred and the shape of it prevents me from using the axim on the keyboard with it. Also the plastic snap doesn't look too sturdy...

Are you talking about the magnesium case? If so, why can't you use it with the keyboard? I do all the time. In landscape and in portrait. In portrait, it help if you pull-out the little chrome bar. I understand the plastic parts may seem fragile, but they are not. The magnesium is a great case. I highly recommend it.

playmobil · 06-02-05, 08:34 AM

Thanks, kind of awkward, but it is indeed possible...

Originally Posted by PDAAddict

Are you talking about the magnesium case? If so, why can't you use it with the keyboard? I do all the time. In landscape and in portrait. In portrait, it help if you pull-out the little chrome bar. I understand the plastic parts may seem fragile, but they are not. The magnesium is a great case. I highly recommend it.

psionandy · 06-02-05, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by playmobil

I'm a former palm user, so some observations:

* The ability to read A4 formatted PDFs in landscape mode without horizontal scrolling is amazing!!!

* Styletap is amazing, I can run all my old palm programs faster than on my m505!

Sorry I couldn't help with any of your Q's but I agree with the last 2.

PDFs in "true VGA" mode are amazing.