Today I have tried to create a sort of desktop by connecting my HP
TouchPad tablet (it runs the Cyanogenmod, not the WebOS) with a HP
TouchPad Wireless Keyboard (a keyboard designed to be used with the
device, that is) and the Lenovo Bluetooth Laser Mouse. I have put the
tablet to a stand (and cheap metal one but it is stable enough).
Of course the tablet is relatively old - it was a competitor to the
first iPad. So it is of course too slow for the modern "responsive
WWW". But I don't plan to use it for WWW browsing. The Overbite works
well here, the Vim Touch works, too. I also installed the Markor text
editor. For some reason I have been using the Markor on the Gemini PDA
(well, if I start the Gemini at all - I must check if its battery is
not empty as I didn't touch it for months...) so I installed it here,
too.
Many time ago I have installed the TeX Writer Android program and it
still seems to work (I assume that no sophisticated LaTeX macros are
available but my needs are not high). The GNU Octave also seems to
(sort of) work here and the AddiPlot (a Gnuplot variation) is
available. It wasn't easy to find a working (compatible with the
device) terminal program (with a ssh) but F-Droid still has one.
I have to check if the SmallBASIC still works (it is installed here for
years), and test the FBreader, too. Anyway, I have been using the MuPDF
which is very fast here and support much more than just the PDF format.
It is interesting that this old tablet with and Android OS feels much
faster than much newer (and nominally much faster) Aquaris M10. There
are no mouse movement lags. Also the Bluetooth is more reliable - the
keyboard reconnects quickly after disconnecting and I noticed no other
issues (expect the fact that arrow keys don't work in the Vim at SDF
but it is probably not a Bluetooth issue at all). I can even live
without F1-F10 keys (it has to be mentioned that dedicated WebOS keys
of the keyboard do not work with Android by default). By the way, the
key which is located at the <Esc> key position is the <Esc> key and it
works in the Vim as such.
I should turn it off for now and start the actual thing (the Blackbird)
to continue my coding (I'm prototyping some code in the GNU Octave now)
but in case of emergency it can be here (with a bit more effort),
too...
Written on the HP TouchPad with the TouchPad Wireless Keyboard...
