[linux-dvb] Re: Entering file names ...

[Matthias Weingart <matthias@pentax.boerde.de>]

On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 03:56:25PM +0000, Stefan Huelswitt wrote:

> Imagine you have a matrix like this:
> 
>  | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
> -|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
> 0| a | h | o | v |   |   |   
> 1| b | i | p | w |   |   |   
> 2| c | j | q | x |   |   |   
> 3| d | k | r | y |   |   |   
> 4| e | l | s | z |   |   |   
> 5| f | m | t |   |   |   |   
> 6| g | n | u |   |   |   |   
> 
> For entering 'l' you would press 1-4, for a 'p' 2-1 ...
> You can enter every letter with two keypress.
> Of course this could be extended for upper/lower case, numbers,
> extra symbols (with a 10x10 matrix max. 100 symbols are possible).
> 
> Only drawback is that we cannot simply display the matrix on OSD,
> so you would have to make a printed version and store it near
> your remote control.

You can show the first row (0:a-g 1:h-n 2:o-u 3:v-z)
and after pressing the first digit (e.g. "1") the column 
(0:a 1:b 2:c 3:e 4:f 6:g); all in one line of the OSD.
But I like the MobilePhone principle more. (Maybe with T9?)

        Matthias


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