kboard

A programmable keyboard for Android that lets you send phrases, lenny faces, macros, or data from the Internet in a single tap!

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Commands

kboard includes a VIM-like syntax for adding special macro keys, to perform tasks like cursor movements, copy/pasting and text manipulation.

A command key has the following format:

/<friendly label>!<comma separated commands>

Example:

/Italicise!dw,i(_$0_)

This creates a key titled "Italicise", which does the following: dw deletes the previous word and adds it to the buffer, i inserts the text in the brackets (which would be the deleted word wrapped in underscores.

Most commands can be preceded by a number, indicating how many times it will be run.

Available commands:

• d delete previous character
• dw delete previous word
• 3dw delete previous three words
• dd delete all
• dt(char) deletes (backwards) up to and including the specified character
• ds - deletes either the selected text, or if nothing is selected then deletes everything.
• yy copy all
• y copy selection
• p paste from buffer
• pc paste from clipboard
• y select all
• i(text) output the content of the brackets ($0 gets replaced * with the last deleted/copied content)
• iraw(text) as i, but does not adhere to settings such as autospace or Passive Aggressive
• upper(text) as i, but in upper case
• lower(text) as i, but lower case
• j move cursor back by a character
• k move cursor forward by a character
• b move cursor back by a word
• w move cursor forward by a word
• s trigger a send command
• e(...) execute the command in the brackets
• rnd output a random kboard key
• rnd(word1;word2;...) output a random word from the comma separated list
• rnde output a random emoji
• fr(from;to) replace all instances of from to to
• fancy(style) outputs buffer text with funky unicode characters (circle, darkcircle,square,darksquare,double,monospace,fancy,fancybold)
• curl(URL) requests data from a URL and outputs it.

Examples of use

/Italicise Previous!dw,i($0)

/Bolden Previous!dw,i($0)

/Italics!i(__),j - this writes the two underscores then moves the cursor between them

/Copy All!yy

/Repeat word x4!dw,4p - repeats the previous word 4 times

/rly sad!1000i(😥)

/darkcircle!ds,fancy(darkcircle) - replaces selection or everything with 🅣🅔🅧🅣 🅛🅘🅚🅔 🅣🅗🅘🅢. Choose from circle, darkcircle, square,darksquare,double,monospace,fancy,fancybold.

Warning: weird unicode characters look cool but break accessibility software, so please don't use in public places!

/exec!dt(!),e($0) - this is meta, it enables you to write and execute commands inline in a text field by writing e.g. !10e(^, i(* ), ^) and hitting the exec key

/bullets!10e(^, i(* ), ^) - prepends "* " the the previous 10 lines

/emojigame!10rnde - outputs 10 random emoji

/feeling lucky!rnd,s - sends a random kboard key

/birthday!dw,rnd(Happy Birthday name;Hey name, happy birthday.;hb2u;Have a great day name),fr(name,$0) - write a name, then press this key to send a random birthday message to this name

/bdaysend!birthday,s - Can also have commands that refer to other command keys you've made'

/uuid!curl(https://httpbin.org/uuid) - Can make arbitrary GET requests to URLS

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CURL examples

The curl commands allows you to create your own HTTP endpoints to output anything you like!

Here are some examples of how it can be used:

/yt!ds,curl(https://kboard-api.glitch.me/youtube/$0) An endpoint that searches the Youtube API, and returns the URL for the first video found.

/wolfram!ds,curl(https://api.wolframalpha.com/v1/result?appid=<APP_ID>&i=$0) Uses the Wolfram Short Answers API to retrieve answers to anything Wolfram Alpha can answer. (Requires API key)

/cat!curl(https://kboard-api.glitch.me/catfact) Outputs a cat fact from a Cat Fact API

/dad joke!curl(https://icanhazdadjoke.com/) Outputs a random lame joke.