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Keyboard issue with Propeller Tool

RambomanRamboman Posts: 101
edited 2009-05-27 15:28 in Propeller 1
When using propeller tool with a belgian french keyboard on my toshiba notebook, propeller tool does not react as expected to typing special character using alt-gr.
Attachment shows the issue when typing the vertical bar with alt-gr 1.
With any program, I get a "|".
With propeller tool I get what is shown in the attachment: [noparse][[/noparse]superscript "-1"] and "|".
Get around is simple but boring: left shift, backspace, right shift.
What's the problem?
Can you fix it?
Thanks

Comments

  • SapiehaSapieha Posts: 2,964
    edited 2009-05-21 08:36
    Hi Ramboman

    On my Swedish keyboard I kan't get single $
    With Alt-Gr.4 I get dual code ¥$ istead
    Al other keys funktion correctly

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  • RambomanRamboman Posts: 101
    edited 2009-05-21 13:25
    After further investivation, I found the following:
    - alt-gr "4" gives [noparse][[/noparse]Yen] anf "{"
    - alt-gr "`" gives "``" after hiting space (dead key)
    - alt-gr "´" gives "´´"...
    - alt-gr "~" gives "~~"...
    - alt-gr ";" gives a black box
    - "§" gives nothing!
    Again, this is typical to Propeller Tool; Notepad (or any other program) has the appropriate reaction!
  • MagIO2MagIO2 Posts: 2,243
    edited 2009-05-21 14:37
    That's not a Propeller problem as such. You can have the same problem in Windows if you want to. Simply switch the keyboard settings to another country and you have the same problem there.

    In windows for each country you have a translation table, which translates the keys hit on the keyboard (which sends a so called scan code) to the ascii value. And that's what the keyboard driver also is doing. If you have a look at the end of the keyboard.spin you will find this table. Change it to your needs and post the result here, so that each belgian/french propeller-fan can use it.
  • RambomanRamboman Posts: 101
    edited 2009-05-21 15:27
    MagIO2, this has nothing to do with the propeller as such, but with the propeller tool.
    The keyboard of my toshiba is defined as "belgian french" and works very well with any program, except the propeller tool.
    As I said, when I type the pipe sign "|", (I have to type alt-gr "&") I get two characters on the propeller:
    - a superscript "-1" that's coming from nowhere (not defined in any character tables)
    - and the pipe character
    You can allways erase that funny "-1" afterwards, but it's not funny at all!
    Anyway, it was a great opportunity for me to go thru the keyboard.spin code wink.gif
  • MagIO2MagIO2 Posts: 2,243
    edited 2009-05-21 16:57
    Oh ... sorry ... I missunderstood you post. I thought you were talking about connecting a keyboard to your propeller- maybe because I'm currently fiddeling around with changing keyboard.spin to a german layout ;o)
  • RambomanRamboman Posts: 101
    edited 2009-05-24 15:48
    Ping...
  • heaterheater Posts: 3,370
    edited 2009-05-24 16:01
    Oh good, it's not just me then. On my Finnish keyboard the Prop Tool produces "¥$" for alt-gr "$"

    All others seem to work fine.

    It used to annoy me but now I use BST on Linux[noparse]:)[/noparse]

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  • hippyhippy Posts: 1,981
    edited 2009-05-25 01:00
    My UK keyboard does two different vertical bars ( swapped ) depending MS-DOS or Windows. Or did until about three weeks ago when I noticed it had sorted itself out. Oddly enough after running the Propeller Tool. It may be coincidence, but I have my suspicions that the PropTool is somehow involved.
  • RambomanRamboman Posts: 101
    edited 2009-05-25 16:04
    Ping...
  • RambomanRamboman Posts: 101
    edited 2009-05-27 04:46
    PING ...

    no answer :-((
  • RambomanRamboman Posts: 101
    edited 2009-05-27 15:28
    PANG !!!

    Nobody likes me :-((

    HELP !!!
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