I agree on that one, I often write emails in english, and then get a chat or text message in german, and then go back to writing a dutch email, and so on. It really works super on the iphone, we just need a little switch locale key on the keyboard. The functionality is there, just not the button i think.
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Mariano Kamp <[email protected]>wrote: > It's not about special characters, Mark. It's about the on-screen-keyboard > being usable at all. The thing is that the predictive part is based on a > dictionary. I want to switch that dictionary on-the-fly, like it can be done > on the iPhone. It seems on Android that means I have to go to settings and > change my Locale which is really not a practical solution. > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Mariano Kamp wrote: >> > When typing text with the iPhone's on-screen-keyboard there is a little >> > "key" in the lower left that lets me toggle between German and English >> > (in my case). >> > >> > I can't seem to find this functionality on the Android keyboard. >> >> Hold down the letter of interest, and up will pop a bubble with various >> variations of that letter combined with diacritical marks (umlaut, >> tilde, etc.). >> >> Beyond that, though, I don't think the stock keyboard offers anything >> else that would help. >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> Android Development Wiki: http://wiki.andmob.org >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Discuss" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >> >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > >--
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