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

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