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From: "Marcel Kilgus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC2 umlauts
>
> Geoff Wicks wrote:
> > I came across an interesting problem tonight when using QPC2 to type a
> > German text on a UK keyboard. Chr$(128) on the QL character set (�) is
> > entered by CTRL + ESC. In Windows this is the keyboard shortcut for
> > displaying the start menu.
>
> Of course you can always redefine the keyboard layout. Some layouts
> also support the composition of characters.
>
> Or you can of course do something like
> ERT HOT_KEY('a', '�')
> ERT HOT_KEY('A', '�')
>
Thanks for this reply and to all the others who offered suggestions. As far
as I can see it is only chr$(128) that has this problem, so a hotkey command
in a boot progam is probably the simplest solution.
The other suggestions are worth looking at when I have more time. I would
also add my plea for the Minerva type character formation to be incorporated
in SMSQ-E. It was one of the things I liked best about Minerva.
Geoff Wicks
