OT: Aljex - Andriod

[Fairlight]

On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 02:04:20AM -0500, Fairlight thus spoke:
> 
> There's also the fact that BTEP is -extremely- sensitive to which kernel
> and Android version you're using.  I've had it work flawlessly on
> Gingerbread 2.3, not work on one version of HoneyComb 3.1 but work fine
> in another device running (ostensibly) the same version of HoneyComb 3.1
> but with a different kernel (had to have Samsung flash that kernel at the
> factory, as that kernel would not also not let me flash my Galaxy Tab), and
> at present, it doesn't like to work on a Galaxy Tab with ICS 4.0.4.  
> 
> On ICS 4.0.4, it'll act like it's working, but you can't authenticate; it
> does something funky in terms of not passing the password as you typed it,
> and then crashing on the second try.  On the one version of HoneyComb, it
> acted peculiar and crashed outright in a different part of authentication.

I'm not sure exactly why, but I have BTEP working on one of my twin Galaxy
Tab 8.9s.  It seems like I should be able to fix the other one once I'm
home.  I didn't really do anything other than set up the RSA key.  I'm not
sure why it was crashing before.  Been working fine for three days, however.

Nice thing about BTEP is that it will let you multiplex like screen(1) or
like that wrapper that exists around PuTTY, if you use that (I never have;
I know it by repute only).

> To be fair, BTEP doesn't honour Control on my Logitech Bluetooth keyboard,
> but I managed to set it to the left Alt key instead, and that does work.

And this seems to be application specific.  I've gotten shells to respond
to the control key proper.  Even vi just did.  Other times, you must use a
remapped one.  It could be the Logitech bluetooth keyboard.  

After three solid days of working exclusively from a tablet, I can say two things:

1) For coders and admins, a tablet will never replace a decent desktop/laptop.
2) ConnectBot is a PITA.  Investing in BTEP is the way to go if you need an ssh client.

Arguably, my biggest gripe is the lack of simul-view windows, and the pain
of task-switching while trying to copy/paste between them.

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