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Maybe this is related: I tried using Codeanywhere on iOS with a first gen Magic Keyboard. Most modifier keys and arrows weren't working properly, which made Vim, tmux and readline a PITA.

Anyone else have problems also with Ssh terminals or iVim on iOS?

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That's a common complaint with AWS Cloud9. The editor and everything about the technology supports an iPad just fine, but the keyboard arrow keys don't work so it's basically pointless.

As the resolution of the bug report suggests, the iOS toolkit needs fixing. It's the symptom of a phone OS evolving into something more general.

c.f. In Android land, by design, none of the web browsers support desktop-style spellcheck. So if I'm typing a comment on Hacker News using my usb keyboard, I get no red underscore indicatting I've missspelled a woord. The workaround is to keep the big, ugly, onscreen keyboard taking up half my 21" screen; apologies for my bad spelling!

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