[Virtualacorn-list] Keyboard compatibility
Barry Punchard
barry.punchard at btinternet.com
Tue Mar 23 14:48:52 GMT 2010
Sorry Chris. Let me reinstate some of my earlier text
On 23 Mar barry.punchard at btinternet.com wrote:
> 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'.
>
That is fine for PC work and all keys respond under Windows as they
should.
> On the RISCOS side:
<SNIP>
> It is currently set as:
> In Status:
> Territory 1
> GMT Timezone +2:0
> Country UK
>
> In config:
> Input > Keyboard: USA
>
> The effects I get are, from keys marked as:
> ~ and ; to left of '1' - No O/P
> + and = to the right of '-' and '_' - No O/P
> { and [ to the right of 'P' - No O/P
> } and ] to the right again of that - { and [
> : and ; to the right of 'L' - OK
> " and ' to the right again of that - No O/P
> | and \ to the right again of that - } and ]
> another
> | and \ to the left of 'Z' - No O/P
Now if I change (in Config) Input > Keyboard from USA to UK the shift
2 & 3 keys produce " and £ instead of @ and # as under keyboard USA. The
main problem is that under neither selection do the above key ranges
work.
I wonder if John Tytgat has produced a module that would do this.
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