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Durante · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Austria

Here's my shot at PSP text input: Fast Analog Circular Text ;)

You select a pair of characters by pointing the joystick in its general direction, then write the left char with cross and the one on the right with circle. Square = backspace and triangle ends input. L and R switch left or right to another circle (repeating).

So, at most you'll need 2 keypresses, but in the usual case (lower case letters) you'll need only one. I plan to have a moveable caret soon. (left/right = 1 char left/right, up/down = beginning/end)

haust · Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 25 Location: France

Really impressive !!
I think I will use this in one of my next prod', well when you'll release the code....

vh.

Saotome · Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 182

Nice one :)
I already posted a suggestion for something like that here but didn't have the time to port it to PSP.
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Durante · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Austria

At first I wanted to do it like that (1 char per direction, not 2 grouped) but when testing I realized that with the limited precision of the PSP's analog stick having only half as many significant directions is preferable. I then wanted to make 6 circles instead of 3, but luckily I had the idea of this grouping instead.

Bob535 · Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 56

Do you have, open, save and save as functions yet?

Durante · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Austria

No, and I don't plan to, I only made this so that people can enter their names for the high-score list in my game ;)

Btw, I now have full caret functionality. The source will be released with my game.

Durante · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Austria

Here's a screenshot of the final(?) version:

Zenurb · Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 106 Location: United Kingdom

That is really.. wow. Original O.O

You could probably patent that style of text input
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Durante · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Austria

KawaGeo · Joined: 27 Aug 2005 Posts: 191 Location: Calif Mountains

Impressive, indeed.

Now, where is it, huh?
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Durante · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Austria

As I said, it will be used in my game. I wanted to release that today, but now my friends drag me off to play billiard or somesuch strange RL activity, so it may not work out.

Anyway, real soon now, without any sarcasm ;)

Zenurb · Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 106 Location: United Kingdom

v1p3r · Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 16 Location: UK

Looks a bit like on OSK on the XBox web browser LinksBocks actually :)