Re: [SLUG] Keyboards, ohh my...

From: Chuck Hast (wchast@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jul 04 2007 - 11:29:01 EDT


On 7/4/07, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007, Chuck Hast wrote:
>
> > I need to be able to use my keyboard in both English and Spanish, so I
> > turned on the Spanish keyboard along with my US keyboard layout.
> > On the international keyboard there is a additonal key next to the 'Z'
> > which is missing on the US keyboard, when I use the Spanish keyboard
> > it appears that I no longer have access to the < and >. Have any of you
> > had the same issue or have you just gone out and purchased a keyboard
> > with the correct key layout?
>
> I rearranged the keycaps on my keyboard and software-remapped it to a
> different layout (but both have the same keys). If the extra key in Spanish
> uses the same physical button as the "Z" in QWERTY (and you ignore the key
> caps anyhow), you could just remap the layout in software. Otherwise, I see
> no tractable solution than the use of a second keyboard (USB, so both can be
> connected simultaneously).
>
> Most likely, the missing keys are accessible by a combination anyhow -- ñ is
> <compose> ~ n (in X); <compose> is "right alt" by default IIRC, but I've
> remapped it to be "pause", since I see a need for that key less often. Of
> course, that's not feasible if it's something you need quite often.
>
>
On the international keyboard there is a key between the Z and the SHIFT.
The left side SHIFT key is a standard sized key. and the additional key is
the < and > chars. I just tried out the US international keyboard, that gives
me the chars I need.

-- 
Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."

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