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| Organization | Usenet.Farm |
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| Subject | Re: Configure country |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.misc |
| Date | 2025-09-30 20:00 +0000 |
| From | J Peachey <john@jpeachey.co.uk> |
| References | (2 earlier) <2c10185b5c.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr> <b72f3b5b5c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> <563006645c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> <65bb65645c.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr> <128d95645c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> |
| Message-Id | <1c449e645c.john@user.orpheusmail.co.uk> |
[s>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8 Sep 2025 as I do recall,
>>>>>> Harriet Bazley wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Every time I restart the computer I have to do a *Configure country UK
>>>>>>> in order to move the double-quotes back into the 2 key as depicted on
>>>>>>> the keycaps. How do I get the configuration to save?
>>>>>>>
>>> [snip Cyrillic]
>>
>>>> If I reboot, the double-quote will probably have moved back onto the @
>>>> key....
>>>>
>>> I've narrowed it down a bit in that after rebooting, *Country returns
>>> Russia. Unfortunately *Configure Country UK doesn't seem to 'stick', so
>>> every time I reboot I'm back to the US keyboard layout again....
>>
>> Hello Harriet,
>> I think I have to find if you do nothing you have a US keyboard, but if
>> Explanation in intkey.layout.russia (drawfile), I send you a copy of the
>> file.
>> "Pressing the left-hand Alt key and either Shift key will toggle to a
>> layout identical to USA"
> Yes, I suspect this is my problem - I have somehow or other configured
> my computer to default to the Russian/US layout, and don't seem to be
> able to reconfigure it back!
>>
>> *keyboard russia works using the Alt + Shift keys, and that very good
>> with! Netsurf.
>>
>> I installed the Cyberbit Fonte to test with Stronged or Texchwrite for
>> example, but you cannot choose the Cyrillic alphabet.
>> I tried *alphabet Cyrillic without more lucky, !Chars displays it well. I
>> may be a mistake.
>>
>> The essential for you was to be able to write text in !Netsurf and it
>> works.
> Unfortunately it doesn't. :-(
> I have been trying to use !KeyMap (along with the Bukinist font) to
> enter Cyrillic text into Netsurf, but none of the layouts on offer in
> combination with any of the fonts I have available actually generate the
> characters displayed by KeyMap for that layout. I get random Cyrillic
> Unicode - well, presumably not random, but not the characters I'm trying
> to type!
> So I'm still limited to cut&paste one character at a time, since Netsurf
> *does* allow me to paste Unicode into its input areas - although not to
> export it, which means that if I want to get any Cyrillic text viewed on
> the Web into editable/printable format, I have to retype it myself using
> one of the RISC OS-compatible fonts.
> What I have done *in practice* is to purchase a large printed
> dictionary, as opposed to relying on online lookup, and to refresh my
> old skills in handwritten Cyrillic so that I can jot down notes and
> transcriptions using pen and ink instead.
> Unfortunately I am still stuck with a computer that has a US keyboard
> layout by default....
Hi,
Have you checked your territory and keyboard settings.
I have Territory set to 1
Country set to default
Language set to 11, and keyboard set to UK Default.
Hope that helps a bit.
John
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