[SOLVED] Pico8 screen output + Bluetooth keyboard/mouse

[brentriddell]

Looking for some tips on pairing a keyboard/mouse over bluetooth + viewing the internal screen on a larger display (ideally an iPad if possible) for use with Pico-8. I guess VNC or something with the HDMI out could be possible?

It’s for writing code on the go in Pico8 not for actually playing games really, so maybe latency is not as big of an issue, making VNC a possibility. Any ideas would be helpful!

Note: Before anyone suggests: Just use a computer and push carts to gameshell, obviously i’m already doing this I’m just wondering if there is a way to code on the device itself and have a larger screen.

Thanks!

[lasvegas]

Problems connecting to Bluetooth keyboard

I don’t have a trackpad with my BT keyboard, so can’t test that, but can you confirm whether you can access desktop menus by right clicking on the desktop? I’m just curious if you’re able to move the focus out of the Launcher window. Without a BT mouse I can’t leave the Launcher window to test that. I agree about the BT configuration in ClockWorkOS 0.3. I hope they make this a priority to address in the next update. It would be very nice to have a standard Debian desktop for native development…

[brentriddell]

Got VNC working on my iPad following a combination of this tutorial:

[info] Access your GS launcher GUI on PC using x11vnc

login to your GS using ssh sudo apt-get install x11vnc x11vnc -noipv6 -noshm Then on PC, download VNC viewer at https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/viewer/ File-> new connection Then enter your IP:0, e.g. 192.168.178.60:0, connect! [Capture]

And some extra info from here:

How to Setup X11VNC Server on Ubuntu & LinuxMint – TecAdmin

Works pretty well, actually perfect for Pico8 coding as you can use a keyboard paired with your iPad and the touch screen is used as a mouse, performance is totally fine for typing

I’d consider this solved!

Note: I’m using the app Terminus for SSH + Linux command prompt access + transferring files to and from the Gameshell from the iPad:

Termius