Keys and Text

Tap the terminal to show the keyboard. pocketty adds a row of keys above it, and a text mode for writing whole messages.

The Key Row

Key	What it does
Ctrl	Holds Ctrl for the next key you type. Tap Ctrl, then c, to send Ctrl-C. The key lights up while it waits.
Esc	Sends Escape.
Tab	Sends Tab.
Arrows	Opens a d-pad with ↑ ↓ ← →.
Attach	Opens Photo Library, Take Photo and Choose File. See Files and Images.
Alt	Holds Alt for the next key, like Ctrl.
`	~ / - *`` “

Swipe the row sideways to reach the keys at its end. Hold Esc, Tab, a symbol or an arrow to repeat it.

On the right side of the row:

• Paste pastes the clipboard. Images are uploaded, and pocketty types their path. iOS asks before it pastes from another app; see Paste without the Prompt.
• Text mode switches to the message bar.
• Hide keyboard puts the keyboard away.

Text Mode

Agents read whole messages better than keystrokes. In text mode, you write a message first and send it in one go.

1. Tap Text mode on the key row.
2. Write your message. The field grows to five lines and then scrolls. Dictation works here, like in any iOS text field.
3. Tap the amber Send button, or press ⌘ Return on a hardware keyboard.

pocketty pastes the message into the terminal, then presses Return. Line breaks stay in the message.

The message bar has more buttons:

• Attach and Paste put images and files right into the message. pocketty uploads them when you send, and puts their paths where they sat in the text.
• Expand opens the message full screen, for long prompts.
• Raw keys goes back to the key row.

If you have started a line in the shell when you switch to text mode, pocketty moves that line into the message bar. pocketty remembers which mode you used last.

Hardware Keyboards

A keyboard on an iPad or iPhone works like on a desk. Arrow keys, Ctrl and modifiers go to the terminal, and pocketty supports the kitty keyboard protocol for programs that ask for it.

To scroll, select text and change the text size, see Terminal.