v1.2: Meta mode overlay, `tmux-menus` plugin

Please install firmware version 3.4 for this Buildroot release.

Buildroot README now contains setup and usage instructions.

• Added Python 3 pip packages.
• New key shortcuts:
  • Short hold (1 second) of Berry key opens Meta mode overlay
  • Short hold (1 second) of End Call key opens tmux-menus plugin
  • See beepy-kbd documentation for full keybindings.
• Fixes Symbol entry for Unicode characters in the terminal.
• Increases default grayscale cutoff for better nmtui rendering.

v1.1: Mouse support, better touch input, symbol menu overlay

Please install firmware version 3.3 for this Buildroot release.

This Buildroot release has the following new features:

• Vastly improved touch input
• Mouse support
  • Implement mouse mode
  • Toggle on touch while Shift is held
  • Berry key enters meta mode, Power key sends Tmux prefix
• Symbol menu overlay
  • Display by holding Sym
  • Reads customizations from the keymap file /usr/share/keymaps/beepy-kbd.map

New parameters at /sys/modules/beepy_kbd/parameters:

• touch_act: one of click or always
  • click: default, will disable touchpad until the touchpad button is clicked
  • always: touchpad always on, swiping sends touch input, clicking sends Enter
• touch_as: one of keys or mouse
  • keys: default, send arrow keys with the touchpad
  • mouse: send mouse input (useful for X11)
• touch_shift: default on. Send touch input while the Shift key is held

1.0: Initial release

Buildroot is a slimmed-down, Beepy-centric image with a fast boot, compatible with the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. It is automatically set up with Beepy device drivers and a set of useful software. Tailored for on-the-go communication, it ships with the following applications:

• gomuks - Beeper command line client
• mosh - Mobile remote shell
• w3m - Text based browser
• aerc - Command line email client
• nmtui - Network management
• Python 3

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Please install firmware version 2.1 for this Buildroot release.

The file timezone.txt on the SD card's boot partition can be edited to change the device timezone. When a network is connected, time will automatically synchronize with time servers.

To configure a Wi-Fi network, use the nmtui utility after booting. You can also open the SD card's boot partition on your PC and rename the file wlan/ssid_goes_here.psk to wlan/<your_network_name>.psk and edit its contents, replacing passphrase_goes_here with the network passphrase.

The initial boot will take about 30 seconds to resize disk partitions to fill your SD card. Subsequent boots take around 8 seconds from power-on to Tmux.

When a new Buildroot release is posted, you can update by reflashing the SD card, or by running the command sudo update_buildroot to pull the latest changes from the release image.