desktop remote

[petaflot]

I actually REALLY like 8vim, and with a few more improvements I totally see myself using it for the desktop.

enable a bluetooth / USB desktop-remote mode that registers as HID, landscape fullscreen, with an area to control the pointer too (and, of course #423 ) ; might even make @KUKARAF (#340) happy

[MaethorNaur]

That could be nice but this project is targeting Android. As stated in #340, it would require all new projects (Linux/Windows/Mac). I could have had a look at it but I'm not familiar with Linux/Windows/Mac IMEs.
So if someone is more familiar with it go with it.
On Windows that could be achieved with AutoHotKey but I'm not sure

[Zocker1999NET]

you could pair 8Vim together with KDEConnect as that provides the ability to send keyboard commands from Android to PCs. Havn't tried it out yet with non-Linux PCs yet

[petaflot]

please no KDE libs.. they are way too heavy and it should also work in a terminal. low-level stuff only (as I mentioned, register as HID.. so maybe even a kernel driver is required?)

ok I now see how this somewhat goes beyond the scope of this project, but I'm sure there is someone out there who is able and willing to do it

[MaethorNaur]

I do not have enough knowledge to port on linux yet. if someone does, feel free do to do it

[Zocker1999NET]

please no KDE libs.. they are way too heavy

My proposal was meant as something a user which wants that functionality now can achieve it that way. Integrating KDE Connect into 8Vim directly would be way too heavy.

(I’m not deciding that, it is the way I see it:) I think any solution adding this functionality to the app directly is too heavy. It seems more efficient to me to separate both use cases into different apps (keyboard & remote typing), even if they then try to integrate nicely with each other.

and it should also work in a terminal

If you mean terminal as in tty, then probably yes. Otherwise, in a desktop session, it is enough to hook into X11 input, XDG remote desktop portal (for Wayland) or libinput (for both, but probably requires root daemon).

[petaflot]

I unfortunately have little or no time to dedicate to this, got some more urgent (and less fun) matters. but I did a quick search and can give a few clues:

mostly:

• https://github.com/pelya/android-keyboard-gadget

theses threads/repos may also contain a few useful info:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9805731/is-it-possible-to-program-android-to-act-as-physical-usb-keyboard
• https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/19997/can-a-device-pretend-to-be-a-usb-keyboard
• https://github.com/androidmalware/android_hid