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Originally Posted by paolog
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Thanks, got it. It at least it starts on my PB623, but I need a magnifying glass to see what's on the screen and many buttons are too small for my fingers (I guess it was meant to be used with a stylus). Also the on-screen keyboard used is rather unsuitable for real editing - getting the cursor into a certain place with my fingers is very difficult and often needs a dozen attempts. And then just being able to edit a single line, then close the keyboard, select another line, get the menu to open and select "Edit line" doesn't seem, at least to me, to be really convenient (reminds me a bit of the way we had to edit stuff on a HP1000 about 30 years ago;-)
On the other hand, there's a vi already installed on these devices -an via pbterm I was able to start and get out of it. While not being a big fan of vi it's a real editor, so all the stuff that had to be written for the pi editor is already available there - so why re-invent the wheel? Thus, instead of trying to fiddle with the pi editor (which seems to be quite complex and then also relies on pbtk), I'd first try to get vi running with a custom made keyboard (with an ESC key, of course;-) always open on the screen. I haven't yet given much thought to it, but I guess that would be what I'd explore first before trying anything more fancy like messing around with the pi editor.
Best regards, Jens