Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:32:39 GMT From: Kevin Wells Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: Spelling reform on the keyboard? Message-ID: <8bdf8b6f52.Kevin@talktalk.net> References: <77e2a26c52.michaelbell@michael.beaverbell.co.uk> <526cac3a90Spambin@argonet.co.uk> <526cb14943news@highpath.net> <5e70bc6c52.michaelbell@michael.beaverbell.co.uk> <526cbf084dSpambin@argonet.co.uk> <167d5c6f52.news@mistymornings.net> <19c56d6f52.martin@bach.planiverse.com> <1b51776f52.news@mistymornings.net> Lines: 31 User-Agent: Messenger-Pro/6.03 (MsgServe/6.00) (RISC-OS/4.39) NewsHound/v1.50-32 NNTP-Posting-Host: $$acwdidiqjn4m.news.x-privat.org Organization: X-Privat.Org NNTP Server - http://www.x-privat.org X-Authenticated-User: $$otfw88n9467dco9v-vt2gd6 X-Complaints-To: abuse@x-privat.org Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!newsfeed.x-privat.org!x-privat.org!talktalk.net%Kevin Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:4244 In message <1b51776f52.news@mistymornings.net> workstuff@mail.com wrote: > >> Yes, but that is with the UK keyboard driver. You can easily switch to >> Norwegian via >> *keyboard Norway >> which gives you all these characters on easily accessible keys, and >> back to UK via >> *keyboard UK >> If you put these commands in obey files and pin them to the desktop >> you can switch between keyboard layouts easily. >Or AddTinyDir them to the icon bar so they are always easily available. > >The only slight issue is that the keys on the keyboard don't change to >reflect the change in layout :) You have to remember the layout. This is >problematic with Norwegian keyboards for a number of reasons. The >brackets are shifted one key to the left for instance and the slash keys >and the <> keys are in completely different places compared to US or UK >keyboards. Not helpful when trying to type html tags, file paths or URLs >in a hurry. If it is a regular thing, would it not be worth having a printout of a Norwegian keyboard? -- Kev Wells http://riscos.kevsoft.co.uk/ http://kevsoft.co.uk/ http://kevsoft.co.uk/AleQuest/ ICQ 238580561 Shine forth upon our clouded hills?