Re:Professional C# and F# IDE for the iPad
by piaste on Thursday July 07, 2016 @06:42AM
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Bluetooth keyboards are pretty popular nowadays. Leave them in the bag when you're just reading or emailing (which is most of the time), take them out only when you need to write a lot.
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Re:Professional C# and F# IDE for the iPad
by smacktoward on Thursday July 07, 2016 @10:07AM
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I still miss the old Stowaway keyboard: http://danbricklin.com/log/stowaway.htm
It would be awesome to have the same keyboard, but updated for modern devices. There's lots of cheap Bluetooth keyboards out there these days, but I've never seen one as mechanically elegant and nice to type on as the Stowaway was.
Re:Professional C# and F# IDE for the iPad
by mikestew on Thursday July 07, 2016 @08:33PM
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I still cling to mine, though the keys are a bit sticky these days. Haven't used it in a few years because it's not suited to (as you say) modern devices. But there doesn't seem to be any substitute, and I'm stumped as to why. If I can keyboard cases for an iPad for $25, I imagine the hard Bluetooth problems aren't so hard anymore, so it's a matter of making the hardware. But if someone thought there was money in it...
Re:Professional C# and F# IDE for the iPad
by bobochan on Thursday July 07, 2016 @08:03AM
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This is the key for me. I have a first generation iPad and a bluetooth keyboard. The only apps that I really use are Prompt (an SSH app from Panic), Pocket, and iBooks. It is an old iPad, but perfectly usable as a terminal, and I can spend all day in emacs with battery power left over to read articles on the way home.
Re:Professional C# and F# IDE for the iPad
by peterclary on Thursday July 07, 2016 @11:14AM
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Which Bluetooth keyboard do you use?