Hi there!
On 13 Feb 00, at 17:34, Januk Aggarwal wrote
about "Re: Why not highlighting the newest...":
> > For Russian, it _is_. It's all the same as for you. When I need to
> > start typing Russian rather then English (or whatever Latin-based
> > language), I just press right Ctrl button once, which switches the
> > keyboard.
>
> I did not realize that, so it is much like my toggling Caps Lock.
Yes, indeed.
> So if I am typing in the editor and want to delete the next character, I can
> use ctrl-g (I don't know why I would use that particular keystroke, but I'm
> using your example.) When you switch between Russian and Latin layouts using
> the ctrl key, does the behaviour of presssing and holding ctrl and the key
> labeled as G change? (Does that question make sense?)
It does make sense. As for you question: the Ctrl-G is different from just Ctrl.
If you press and hold Ctrl, then press G, then release Ctrl, the keyboard is
_not_ switched. It only gets switched if you press and then release Ctrl without
pressing anything else. The current state of keyboard is displayed in the
system tray, moreover, I've set it up so that it issues a sound when the
keyboard gets switched.
BTW, the Windows default keyboard switching mechanism only offers you
two keycombos for switching the keyboard: Ctrl-Shift or Alt-Shift. These two
are really outrageous, therefore I've installed a specialized application
(KeyRus) that makes the additional bells and whistles available, like switching
keyboard with just Ctrl key.
> > The alphabetical buttons are labeled twice each on Russian keyboard,
> > so having switched the keyboard I just proceed typing without any
> > modifiers, but the same buttons get completely different effect when
> > pressed.
>
> Ok, to reword my question above, what if you were pressing any
> modifiers, does the behaviour of the other keys change when you are
> in the two different layouts?
If the application is correctly coded, no. But if it's not, then the answer is yes.
Example of correct behaviour: Word (yes;-)): Ctrl-S saves the document
regardless the current layout. Example of incorrect behaviour: Pegasus and
Netscape. Keyboard shortcuts work only when the keyboard is switched to
English.
> > For example, "G" gives "ð" when Russian keyboard layout is active.
>
> So other than the labeling, is there *anything* different about your
> keyboard to a Standard English Keyboard?
Nope, nothing. *Any* keyboard can be made Russian: to do so, one just
needs to re-label the keys. This is usually done by Russians when working
abroad. Note however that the European keyboards *are* different from the
Standard English ones: on Swedish one, to get the $ symbol is quite an
outrageous task;-((
> Or is the function of an international keyboard based entirely on software?
This is exactly the case with Russian.
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