Questions about re-arranging your keyboard layout (ex switching to Dvorak or remapping your Caps Lock key).
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Using a Windows Keyboard with a MacBook… and TeamViewer
I have what appears to be a rather unique problem:
I do all of my work on my MacBookPro because it's very powerful. However, since I commute to and from school by bicycle, I don't want to risk ...
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I can't type lower case Ñ or Ï in Windows 8
How do I type lower case Ñ or umlaut Ï in Windows 8? I have the US-International keyboard layout selected. When I try to type a lower case version of those letters (and possibly more), then it fails. ...
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Keyboard layout for math
I usually need to write math with LaTeX, and after seeing this question: Entering unicode math symbols. I came here with some small questions.
I find that not perfectly comfortable, and I was ...
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Can I make Ctrl+alt NOT act like AltGr on windows?
Many applications like Google docs uses Ctrl+Alt short cuts like Ctrl+Alt+2 for heading 2, Ctrl+Alt+m for comments etc. On international keyboards on Windows Ctrl+Alt is how ever mapped to AltGr, so ...
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Laptop with standard keyboard layout [closed]
My dream is a laptop with standard keyboard layout. I am using home/end/ins/del/pgup/gpdown keys all the time. I can live without the numpad but the block between numpad and keypad is a must have.
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How can I type ª on a Latin American keyboard on Windows?
How can I type the feminine ordinal indicator ª (U+00AA) on the Latin American keyboard layout on Microsoft Windows (7 Professional)?
I can get the masculine indicator ° with Shift+` (i.e., Shift+the ...
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Win8 automatically added a keyboard layout - is this evidence of a security breach via Remote Desktop?
My problem resembles the one described in this post:
How do I remove automatically added keyboard layouts?
A mysterious French keyboard layout appeared in my keyboard layout list, but is not ...
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Norwegian Logitech K750 keyboard for Mac, used through VMware Fusion with a Bootcamp virtual machine, incorrect keyboard layout
The title really sums it up, but here is the problem:
I recently bought the Logitech K750 keyboard for Mac
The keyboard has a Norwegian layout, like the lower keyboard here.
On the Mac, hitting the ...
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Windows US International keyboard umlaut shortcut stops working after a while
I am using a German keyboard with US, International layout.
At the beginning, when I start my PC, all umlaut combinations for ä (ALT GR+q), ü (ALT GR+z) and ö (ALT GR+p) are working perfectly fine.
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Switch to a specific input source in OS X
I have a follow-up question to this topic: Switch TO specific input source
Asmus posted this answer:
I came up with a bit nicer solution in AppleScript, given you know the
name of the Keyboard ...
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How to disable AltGr in Win7?
I am supporting a user that can't type and consequently often hits AltGr (on the right side of space-key). He has enough power to decide he wants to disable that key (instead of learning to type). and ...
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Can a programmer change the scancodes of a keyboard?
I'm wondering if it is possible to change the actual scan codes that a keyboard generates? I don't mean how they are interpreted (aka remaped), I mean the actual codes that come out of the keyboard.
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Using IME with Dvorak Layout on Windows 8
I have read this article with relative topic:
How can I use the Chinese IME with a Dvorak layout?
It works fine on Windows 7 and also Windows 8 desktop.
But keyboard layout become QWERTY in Metro ...
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OS X style keyboard layouts and English US compose for Chrome OS, Samsung XE303C12, Chrome OS 26.0.1410.57
For Chrome OS 26.0.1410.57 on a Samsung Chromebook XE303C12, how would one generate and install an OS X style keyboard layout with compose.
OS X offers compose via Option (a dedicated compose, ...
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How to make Control-j works as Return without Control bit set(!) using xkb [and|or] xmodmap
It looks like extremely convenient for me to use Control-j instead of Return in xterm and vim, and I want to use this sequence for all X apps.
It can be easily done using xkb by remapping ...
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Is there a way to make Caps Lock switch keyboard layouts on Windows 8?
I used to use Caps Lock to switch between keyboard layouts (e.g. between English and Russian), as opposed to Windows built-in inconvenient CtrlShift and AltShift combos.
On earlier versions of ...
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Bought wrong laptop keyboard, need a way to map keys
I bought the wrong laptop keyboard(stupid amazon tricked me!). They do not have the correct one as a replacement any more.
The new one has 4 more pins on the connector BUT they are all connected ...
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Can HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout -> Scancode Map be used to “redefine” the keyboard layout on Windows?
On a computer where I have full admin rights, I changed the keyboard layout with the following registry entries
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
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Layout Specfic Keybinds in Xmonad/Dwm
Does anyone know if its possible to have a different set of keybinds for different layouts.
For instance, in Tall mode, i would like h and l to switch between the master and stack, with k and l ...
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How can I change the keyboard layout on the hardware/system/bios level?
Is there any way to change the keyboard layout on the hardware/system/bios level?
e.g.:
Say, when asked for the system password on boot you could use the dvorak(or any other) layout to type in ...
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Remove invisible language modes in Windows 8
this might be considered a duplicate of my previous question: Disable [Windows]+[Space] hotkey in Windows 8
However my problem is more about getting rid of 2 settings, that should be removed, while ...
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Win7: Map Capslock to ESC AND Ctrl [duplicate]
On OS-X, using a combination of software, you can re-map the CapsLock key to be dual function - A quick press+release sends an ESC, but press+hold+another key sends a ctrl-key (see Remap CapsLock(tap) ...
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Disable [Windows]+[Space] hotkey in Windows 8 [duplicate]
I only could find the solution for Windows 7. My problem is, I'm using Polish Programmer's keyboard; it works like English keyboard, except you can input ąęółśćżźĄĘÓŁŚĆŻŹ with deadkey ~ followed by, ...
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Windows 8 - 2 languages. How to lock keyboard to only one?
I have small problem with my keyboard languages.
I have 2 languages installed on my PC.
I have English set as display language and Polish used for Keyboard layout, date and time.
(I just don't like ...
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Apple keyboard mapping on Ubuntu KDE
I want to configure the Apple keyboard mapping on dell precision notebook keyboard on Ubuntu KDE such that alt-> win, ctrl->alt, fn -> ctrl.
That means i want to make the dell precision notebook ...
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Xmonad shortcuts don't work with Neo
After activating Neo via xmodmap (setxkbmap lv && xmodmap neo_de.xmodmap && xset -r 51), the xmonad keybindings stop working (both using the old and the new layout). I'm a bit confused ...
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How to install all possible Windows keyboard layouts?
I would like to install all the keyboard layouts that come with Windows on my machine.
Installing them manually from the Text Services and Input Languages would be very lengthy, is there any ...
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Creating a custom input method
Is there any standard way of creating a custum input method for X11/linux in general?
I've poked around scim and iBus but I can't seem to find any example of it having been done before.
In reality I ...
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Keyboard layout *image* creator
Is there a program for creating images of keyboard layouts? The program would be able to put a background image on each key but also provide its text. One could do it in Inkscape or such, but it would ...
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How to make Ctrl work properly with Mode_switch-ed keys?
I wanted to have arrow keys not so far away so I mapped them with xmodmap as CapsLock + IJKL this way:
keycode 66 = Mode_switch
keycode 31 = i I Up Up
keycode 44 = j J Left Left
keycode 45 = k K ...
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How do I specifiy a keyboard layout icon in Windows 8?
I have multiple keyboard layouts. In previous versions of Windows, I could specify a different icon for each layout so I could quickly glance in the system tray and determine which layout was being ...
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How to create a custom keyboard layout for Windows 8? [duplicate]
I want to create a custom keyboard layout for Windows 8, as the standard Persian keyboard layout has many problems and many keys have been replaced.
Is there a way or any software which I can use to ...
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How to Remap the Raspbian “Wheezy” Keyboard
I am having a strange problem.
I just finished setting up my wonderful Raspberry PI, and it works great... except for the fact that it is not compatible with my Mac OSX Keyboard NOTE: I have the ...
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Two physical keyboards on Mac
I am working as a software developer in a non-english environment and I often need to switch keyboard layouts between "US English" (programming) and "Estonian" (general social interaction and ...
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@ and ~ symbols unavailable in Xubuntu on VirtualBox with Norwegian keyboard
I`m running Xubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint 14 in VirtualBox 4.10 with Windows 7 as the host system. My keyboard is a Logitech G110 with a Norwegian layout, and I have configured the host ...
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Chorded keyboards for programming
I am trying to find a chorded keyboard layout that is a good fit for programmers. I do a lot of work in emacs & screen on languages like c, c++, python and node.js so they all have a similar "ends ...
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How do I fix keyboard mapping problems in VirtualBox running Debian as a guest
I've installed a bare-bones Debian Sid under VirtualBox on a Windows 7 laptop. I've done this so I have a handy Linux development box when I'll be on the road next month. However I'm having trouble ...
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Are there alternative keyboards for Windows 8 Modern-UI?
On Android there are alternative keyboards available. For Windows 8 I couldn't find any such.
Specifically I'd like to have a keyboard that limits itself to the lower right edge of the screen in ...
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Customize Windows keyboard layout
First a tiny bit of background: I customized my father's OS X keyboard layout to add him a few specific characters (specific to Polish) on his regular azerty layout. On OSX you can do this by ...
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Chromebook: Map Search Key to ctrl, ubuntu
I've got ubuntu running on chromebook using crouton.
How do I map the search key to the ctrl action.
Similar to this, swapping the caps lock key and the ctrl key.
/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option ...
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Map ctrl to super in GNOME
i'm running Ubuntu Precise, and I want to perform the following remapping, preferably through Gnome's "System Settings > Keyboard > Layout > Options" menu (though if that's not possible I could fall ...
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How to remap keyboard to swap Control key with a alphanumeric key?
With Ubuntu 12.10, I want to swap the Left Control with an alphanumeric key (say, Z). Using this forum post as a reference, I could swap two alphanumeric keys, and I could also swap the Caps Lock key ...
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Win+Spacebar no longer selects input methods in Windows 8
I have multiple keyboard layouts installed for the US English language. In the past, I was able to hit Win+Space to switch between them, but for some reason that is no longer possible. I have no idea ...
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What is the recommended way to make a new keyboard mapping for a new language on Linux?
I have to type extensively in Sgaw Karen. As far as I have discovered, ready made keyboard layouts for this language exist only on Windows. So, my question is, what is the preferred approach one ...
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How can I make my ISO_Level5_Shift arrow keys work in Java Swing GUIs?
I have a keyboard layout that uses ISO_Level5_Shift to provide arrow keys. From my layout symbols file:
key <AC06> { type[Group1]="EIGHT_LEVEL", [ d, D, ampersand, U2227, Home, Home, ...
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How to change default language in OneNote without changing keyboard (MS-OneNote 2010, Windows7)
I live in Britian and usually write in English, but I use a Swiss German keyboard layout (on my UK keyboard) because this allows me to write in all my languages (German, French and Italian) without ...
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I just bought a new Windows 8 desktop computer and there are some problems with keyboard layout
Some of the keys were swapped around when I first bought it. Is there any way to swap this back? I've googled it a million times and lots of other people have asked this question with no answers.
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Can' log in with Cyrillic keyboard
On my Windows 7 OS I have set the login password which contains a 'q' character. The problem is that I accidentally installed Windows with default Serbian Cyrillic characters. I found out that this ...
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xev serial field
A sample xev output for a left Super/Windows keypress looks like:
KeyPress event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0xe00001,
root 0x24a, subw 0x0, time 1245455660, (760,-150), root:(763,559),
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In Mac Os X Mountain Lion how to switch keyboard layout using a shortcut so it's immediate?
I have a problem in that changing keyboard layout on Mac OS X Mountain Lion is not immediate: I change the keyboard (by Shift+CMD+Space, that's what I have) then I continue typing but the keyboard has ...
