??? 22/1/2003 3:34:56 ??, ?/? "Geoff Wicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ??????:
> >I came across an interesting problem tonight when using QPC2 to type a >German text on a UK keyboard. Chr$(128) on the QL character set (�) is >entered by CTRL + ESC. In Windows this is the keyboard shortcut for >displaying the start menu. > >On my Windows98 machine Chr$(128) was entered in the QL document followed by >the display of the Windows start menu. > >On my WindowsXP machine the character was not typed into the QL document and >just the Windows start menu was displayed. > >No doubt German users do not have this problem as they have a dedicated >keyboard, but does anyone a solution for we poor UK keyboard users? > > >Geoff Wicks. > You could try installing the keyboard "US International" (From Language and regional options) as a second keyboard (and you can also access it via a key combination). You will get to use ALL Western European languages and with a lot of ease as opposed to weird key combinations. With dead keys (that this keyboard map provides) you can type " + a and you get �. with ' and a you get � and so on... It's the best approach overall (at least for me) and I have been using it for years. If you can live without the pound (it will still be accessible by CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-4 - and the Euro with CTRL-ALT-4), then you can eliminate the English keyboard altogether. The differences are negligible anyway. Phoebus
