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<section begin="intro" />If you have a remote control that is viewed as a keyboard to XBMC and want to enable SMS/T9-like text input and page jumping, this guide wills how you how to enable this using a custom '''[[keymap]]'''.<section end="intro" /> | <section begin="intro" />If you have a remote control that is viewed as a keyboard to XBMC and want to enable SMS/T9-like text input and page jumping, this guide wills how you how to enable this using a custom '''[[keymap]]'''. If you have a normal "MCE" style remote control then this how-to is not necessary.<section end="intro" /> | ||
== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
Revision as of 07:40, 28 September 2014
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HOW-TO:Use SMS-style text entry for remotes
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If you have a remote control that is viewed as a keyboard to XBMC and want to enable SMS/T9-like text input and page jumping, this guide wills how you how to enable this using a custom keymap. If you have a normal "MCE" style remote control then this how-to is not necessary.
Steps
| 1 | Create a plain text file (no rich text formatting, don't use .doc, etc) and save it as keyboard.xml. Make sure that the file extension is ".xml" and not ".txt" or ".xml.txt". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | Cut and paste this into your new plain text file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
<global>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>JumpSMS1</one>
<two>JumpSMS2</two>
<three>JumpSMS3</three>
<four>JumpSMS4</four>
<five>JumpSMS5</five>
<six>JumpSMS6</six>
<seven>JumpSMS7</seven>
<eight>JumpSMS8</eight>
<nine>JumpSMS9</nine>
<escape>Back</escape>
</keyboard>
</global>
<VirtualKeyboard>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
<backspace>Backspace</backspace>
</keyboard>
</VirtualKeyboard>
<FullscreenVideo>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
<escape>Stop</escape>
</keyboard>
</FullscreenVideo>
<VideoMenu>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</VideoMenu>
<NumericInput>
<keyboard>
<zero>Number0</zero>
<one>Number1</one>
<two>Number2</two>
<three>Number3</three>
<four>Number4</four>
<five>Number5</five>
<six>Number6</six>
<seven>Number7</seven>
<eight>Number8</eight>
<nine>Number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</NumericInput>
<Teletext>
<keyboard>
<zero>number0</zero>
<one>number1</one>
<two>number2</two>
<three>number3</three>
<four>number4</four>
<five>number5</five>
<six>number6</six>
<seven>number7</seven>
<eight>number8</eight>
<nine>number9</nine>
</keyboard>
</Teletext>
</keymap>
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| 3 | Save this file in userdata/Keymaps/:
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| 4 | If XBMC is already running then restart it so that the changes take effect. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Go into XBMC and then Settings -> System -> Input devices and enable Remote control sends keyboard presses. This will allow your arrow keys to use the on-screen keyboard even though XBMC thinks your remote is a keyboard already.
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Filter instead of jump
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INCOMPLETE: This page or section is incomplete. Please add information or correct uncertain data which is marked with a ? |
You can also use FilterSMS instead of JumpSMS.