[Virtualacorn-list] Keyboard compatibility

[Barry Punchard]

On 23 Mar          chris at noonehere.co.uk wrote:

> In message <bdbb7afc50.barry.punchard at barry.btinternet.com>
>           Barry Punchard <barry.punchard at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 23 Mar          chris at noonehere.co.uk wrote:
> 
> >> In message <baab6dfc50.barry.punchard at barry.btinternet.com>
> >>           Barry Punchard <barry.punchard at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> I was forced to buy an HP dv5-1250ej laptop here in Israel as my UK one
> >>> suddenly failed irrecoverably.  I am running Virtual RPC-AdjustSA with
> >>> RISC OS 4.39 under Windows Vista Home on it.  I have applied all the
> >>> available relevant updates including Service Pack 2. It is a dual language
> >>> machine and OS and I opted for the English installation.
> >> 
> >>> A problem I have is that some keyboard keys under RISCOS either produce
> >>> output different from key markings or no output at all. I presume it is a
> >>> keyboard driver / mapping problem on the RISCOS side as the computer was
> >>> bought abroad and has essentially a modern US keyboard. On the Windows
> >>> side all keys work as marked OK.
> >> 
> >>> On the PC side:
> >>> The Keyboard hardware properties are set to 'Standard 101/102=Key or
> >>> Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard with HP QLB'.
> >> 
> >>> 'Regional and Language' > 'Keyboard and Languages' is set to 'English
> >>> ..US'.
> >> 
> >> Might I suggest as a first step changing this to "English UK", this
> >> will then use a UK layout and should give you a Pound sign....
> >> 
> > I went to Regional & Language Options and only have English(US) or Hebrew
> > (Israel).  Trying to Add Input Language won't let any other to be loaded
> > and buttons are greyed.  Does that suggest I need a language pack install?
> 
> Your problem is related to the fact you brought the laptop overseas, 
> so it comes with the local language pack.
> 
> Take a peek at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306560
> 
> it might help you a bit, otherwise you need to find out if you can 
> installed the English UK Keyboard.
> 
Now I have input language English (UK) and keyboard (UK) on the PC side.
That changes the function of the PC keyboard to an English one as expected
(i.e. the # now displays the uk pounds sign).

But the main problem I wanted to solve was to get the keyboard to respond
under RISC OS with the chars as marked on the present keyboard. I can use
the alt keys for the occasional pound sign I guess, but not having a prime
or quote char, or square and curly brackets, is a pain.
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