HOW-TO:Use SMS-style text entry for remotes

SMS text input

If you have a remote control that is viewed as a keyboard to XBMC and want to enable SMS/T9-like text input, do two things:

1. Settings/System/Input devices -> enable "Remote control sends keyboard presses"
2. make a keyboard.xml keymap file with this (save it in userdata/keymaps/):

   <keymap>
     <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>
   </keymap>

SMS text search

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SMS text jumping

To jump to a letter while browsing files:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
  <global>
    <keyboard>
      <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>
    </keyboard>
  </global>
  <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>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenVideo>
  <VideoMenu>
    <keyboard>
      <menu>OSD</menu>
      <info>Info</info>
      <title>CodecInfo</title>
      <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>
</keymap>