Cursive
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Peterburk made this text input concept.
Imagine writing a lowercase letter "a". With a bit of imagination, think of writing that letter onto the scrollwheel. Start at the top right (between the menu and next buttons on 1 and 2G ipods, below the play/pause on 3Gs), and rotate your finger leftwards around the scrollwheel one complete turn. Then, for the tail that makes it an "a", scroll right one 1/4 turn. Got the idea?
Each "l" or "r" represents a quarter turn in each direction (l being anti-clockwise, r being clockwise). Obviously some of these letters are clearer to see than others. Each "o" represents the centre button.
Here is the code used by the current text input system in podzilla:
| Unshifted | Shifted | Sequence |
| 0 | ) | lllll |
| 1 | ! | r |
| 2 | @ | rrol |
| 3 | # | rorr |
| 4 | $ | llor |
| 5 | % | lorr |
| 6 | ^ | llo |
| 7 | & | rror |
| 8 | * | loro |
| 9 | ( | llorr |
| a | A | llllr |
| b | B | lllro |
| c | C | lll |
| d | D | rrrr |
| e | E | olll |
| f | F | rro |
| g | G | lllo |
| h | H | lo |
| i | I | ror |
| j | J | rrr |
| k | K | lro |
| l | L | ll |
| m | M | rrrro |
| n | N | lrrr |
| o | O | llll |
| p | P | rrro |
| q | Q | llllo |
| r | R | rr |
| s | S | lor |
| t | T | ro |
| u | U | lllr |
| v | V | ol |
| w | W | lol |
| x | X | o |
| y | Y | or |
| z | Z | rol |
| - | _ | l |
| , | < | oor |
| ; | ' | ooor |
| : | " | ooo |
| ? | / | rrrlo |
| . | > | oo |
| ( | [ | lloo |
| ) | ] | rroo |
| [ | { | llooo |
| ] | } | rrooo |
| / | ? | rrroo |
| \ | llloo | |
| = | + | lolo |
| ~ | ` | rrl |
| Cursor | Left | oll |
| Cursor | Right | orr |
| New | Line | orrr |
Here are Peterburk's original codes, one using the centre button and one using only the wheel:
| Code 1 | (r, l, and o): |
| A | llllr |
| B | lllo |
| C | lll |
| D | rrrr |
| E | olll |
| F | rro |
| G | lllo |
| H | lo |
| I | ror |
| J | rrr |
| K | ro |
| L | ll |
| M | rrro |
| N | lrrr |
| O | llll |
| P | rrro |
| Q | llllo |
| R | rr |
| S | lor |
| T | ro |
| U | lllr |
| V | ol |
| W | lol |
| X | o |
| Y | or |
| Z | rol |
| 1 | r |
| 2 | rol |
| 3 | ror |
| 4 | lo |
| 5 | lor |
| 6 | lllo |
| 7 | ro |
| 8 | loro |
| 9 | lorr |
| 0 | llll |
| Code 2 | (r and l): |
| A | llllr |
| B | lrrrrlr |
| C | lll |
| D | rrrr |
| E | lllrl |
| F | rr |
| G | llllrr |
| H | lrrr |
| I | rrl |
| J | rrr |
| K | llrl |
| L | ll |
| M | rrrlr |
| N | rrrl |
| O | llll |
| P | lrrrr |
| Q | rrrrl |
| R | lrrrl |
| S | lllr |
| T | lr |
| U | lllr |
| V | ll |
| W | rlrrr |
| X | rl |
| Y | lllrr |
| Z | rlrrr |
| 1 | r |
| 2 | rrrl |
| 3 | rrrlr |
| 4 | rrr |
| 5 | lllr |
| 6 | lll |
| 7 | rr |
| 8 | lllrrr |
| 9 | llllr |
| 0 | llll |
