t9rminal

Terminal interaction, from the numpad

Inspired by the classic T9 predictive text engine

For when I eventually fit a pi zero in a Nokia 3310

> cat file_
> 22803453

Supported Buttons

• 0-9, #, *
• d-pad
• select

On a PC, the arrow keys and enter stand in for the d-pad.

Features

Current

• Find possible commands on $PATH for given input

Future

• Handle both computer numpads and phone keypads (different layouts)
• Flag handling by parsing program help
• Implement Multi-tap for arbitrary text input
• Read shell history for better heuristics

Why lua?

lua is small, fast, light, and embeddable.