Alternative to Graffiti Input?

An anonymous coward writes "A team at NYU has developed a new text entry system for the palmpilot. It is much different than graffiti, and takes a little getting used to, but it is much much faster than graffiti. You can download it and play with a java demo here It seems pretty cool. "

Comments

You don't have to hard reset

[bgdarnel]

When you reset a Palm device, all apps are sent a notification code. If an app locks up upon recieving this code, a normal reset will not work. Instead, hold the up arrow while pressing the reset button (and continue holding the arrow for a few seconds afterwards). Then you can delete the offending app, followed by a normal reset.

FWIW, Quikwrite.prc does not lock up on my Palm III.

Key pad vertion

[moore]

Here is a rilly quick hack to use you key pad to
do the same thing. to type run: "

cord.pl > out.text

To quit type quit and then return. to enter a leter type the apropreat key seaquance (ignoring the start and end for the center thing) and hit enter when the char is done.

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#!/usr/bin/perl
#cord.pl
my %c =
(
369 => 'j',
963 => 'x',
12 => 'g',
14 => 'w',
32 => 'd',
41 => 'c',
987 => 'p',
789 => 'k',
36 => 'r',
63 => 'y',
47 => 'h',
74 => 'm',
69 => 'u',
96 => 'l',
78 => 's',
1 => 'o',
98 => 'f',
2 => ' ',
3 => 'i',
4 => 'e',
123 => 'z',
321 => 'b',
6 => 't',
7 => 'a',
8 => "\ch",
9 => 'n',
147 => 'v',
741 => 'q'
);
while () {
chomp;
last if /quit/;
print "$c{$_}";
}


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this program is for traying the thing if you don't
like the way it is set up;

#!/usr/bin/perl

my (%c, $t);
while () {
last if /print/;
chomp;
chomp ($t = ) and $c{$_} = $t;
}

print map "$_ => '$c{$_}',\n", keys %c;

It's a download problem -- check the file size

[foolishj]

Tried the app under the Palm OS emulator and it crashed again. I then downloaded it using IE instead of Netscape and it ran fine on both the emu and my device.

Checking the file size gives:
5491 bytes when downloaded w/Netscape (corrupt)
5446 bytes when downloaded w/IE

Anyone know why Netscape is downloading it this way?

Thanks to the people who helped me save my data, too -- that reset/hold up trick worked great.

You don't have to hard reset!

[Masker]

It also crashed my Palm III immediately. I had to warm reset (hold up arrow for a couple of seconds while hitting reset and keep holding it for a second after) to clear the problem without losing my data. It also installed itself as "This appli" instead of Quikwrite. I have HackMaster with Eco Hack and a couple of other hacks, as well as PalmOS 3.0.2.

Anyways, no real harm done, except for wasted time! But you DON'T HAVE TO HARD RESET. Just delete the app with Launcher (or Launcher III). Hope this saves some people's data, if necessary. I know I was panicked.

Crashed my Palm III -- danger

[foolishj]

Downloaded the prc, put it on the install list, and hotsynced... then my Palm popped up an error message, and when I hit cancel it reset and now it just sits with the "Welcome to Palm III" screen draining my batteries. The power button doesn't even work. I've hit reset a few times and it does the same thing.

Anyway, don't know if it was Windows or what, I've got nothing fancy on my Palm Pilot (not even HackMaster) so I don't know why it's doing this. Any ideas? I think I've got to take out the batteries and let the memory flash to get the thing back...