Questions about re-arranging your keyboard layout (ex switching to Dvorak or remapping your Caps Lock key).
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Purpose of a “mystery key” on an IBM PC 3270 keyboard
A colleague has just come into possession of a large number of IBM PC 3270 keyboards (don't ask!). These keyboards have a number of very interesting looking keys, but the one that most intrigued us ...
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2answers
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How can I kill / murder / fully disable StickyKeys?
I hate StickyKeys. Worst idea Microsoft has ever come up with.
Is there any way to disable it permanently, system-wide?
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How to disable Ctrl+Shift keyboard layout switch (for the same input language) in Windows?
In Windows (XP at least), when there are two or more keyboard layouts for the same input language, pressing Ctrl+Shift switches the keyboard layout. Where can this be disabled or changed to another ...
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3answers
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How can I remap the Caps Lock key in Mac OS X Lion?
I would like to remap the Caps Lock key to some other unused key (in a system-wide fashion).
Being a MacVim.app user, I always liked to idea of remapping the Caps Lock key to some other key such as ...
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Do “Natural” keyboards make it harder to use standard keyboards?
I am considering purchasing this style keyboard with the split keys.
I found it a bit awkward to use at first but I'm sure I will get used to it. That's the problem.
If you use this style ...
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4answers
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How to switch the KeyboardLayout for all Application at once
I'm using Kubuntu at work for quite a while now and been using multiple keyboard layouts , German, English, Romanian. When I switch the layout on Kubuntu it changes globaly.
Is there an option for ...
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Is learning the Dvorak keyboard layout worth the trouble? [closed]
The Dvorak keyboard layout claims to be far more efficient than the standard QWERTY layout.
I'm already quite fast with QWERTY (around 100 wpm), and I wonder whether learning Dvorak would be a good ...
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How do I remove automatically added keyboard layouts?
I have a Spanish keyboard on my notebook, but I use it mostly for English and Chinese writing.
This is how I configured the languages:
However, Windows added some layouts on its own (probably when ...
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How do people type different languages into computer?
We have English keyboards. I never saw any other keyboard in my life. I've been wondering for a long time. How do people in Korea, China, Russia, Muslim countries and some European countries where ...
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5answers
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NumLock is completely useless, and I want to disable it completely on Linux
Forget all the rants about Caps Lock, Num Lock is the most useless key of them all. It's never, ever useful. You don't want to use your numpad as an arrowpad, since the arrows are 1cm away from it. ...
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4answers
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How to delete a custom keyboard layout in Windows?
How to delete a custom keyboard layout in Windows?
If the keyboard layout was installed using a Windows installer, you would normally uninstall it using its entry in the Add/Remove Programs dialog.
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3answers
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Why does Windows 7 always automatically change the input or keyboard language?
I am wondering why Windows 7 always automatically changes my input or keyboard language.
I've a notebook with an integrated QWERTY keyboard English (United States). Traveling, I use that one but, ...
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1answer
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Is there an OpenVMS EDT keypad plugin for gedit?
Is there a OpenVMS EDT keypad (layout) plugin for gedit?
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Switch TO specific input source
In Mac OS X, there is a keyboard shortcuts to switch between activated input sources.
Is it possible to switch to a specific language? So if you have 3 input methods, you could have 3 shortcuts: ...
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4answers
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Problem removing US keyboard layout from input languages
I'm working on English (UK) version of Windows 7, my second input language is Russian.
Since installation of Windows I have removed US keyboard layout and set LEFT ALT+SHIFT as input switcher.
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2answers
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Using multiple keyboards with different keyboard layouts in Windows
I'd like to use multiple keyboards (all USB or one USB and one PS/2) with a different keyboard layout on each. Is this possible in Windows 7 or XP? Is there any software that can make it work? I'd ...
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Can't Type Tilde character in Mac OS X
Hi this is a new problem that I did not have a few weeks ago.
I have a Logitech Illuminated Keyboard running on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
The problem is that I cannot type a tilde.
Instead when ...
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4answers
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Solutions for one-handed typing on a regular keyboard [closed]
Are there any well-estabilished solutions for using a computer efficiently with the left hand on the keyboard exclusively, and the right on the mouse; optimized for, but not limited to programming?
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3answers
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Change keyboard layout while entering start-up password
I installed Windows 7 with the QWERTY keyboard layout, but have recently started using DVORAK layout so I changed it from Control Panel -> Regional and Language Settings and it set DVORAK to default ...
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1answer
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Remapping of keys in Mac OS X
My MBP comes with a Turkish keyboard but I'm using US layout. However, the key just under ESC gives § instead of ` (back-quote) which I frequently use.
I need to remap this key but I couldn't find ...
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1answer
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How can I remap Capslock on Windows 7 without thirdparty software?
I just upgraded to Windows 7, and I'm trying to reconfigure everything to my liking. Under Windows XP, I had remapped the Capslock key to behave as a Control key (I spent a long time with Solaris ...
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1answer
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How can I remap windows and alt keys in OS X?
I sometimes hook up my macbook to a windows keyboard. The annoying thing is that on windows keyboards the modifier keys at the lower left are layout as
ctrl - windows - alt
while apple keyboards ...
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1answer
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How do I make Mac OS X remember “Modifier Keys” remappings for my external keyboard?
(to be clear, I know there are similar questions such as "How can I remap windows and alt keys in OS X?" - I'm not asking that. I can make the changes I want, they just get reset every time I unplug ...
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1answer
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How to restore pre-windows-8 Alt+Shift keyboard behavior?
Before Windows 8, the Alt+Shift shortcut changed the input method (keyboard layout) for the current app. This permitted to map an input method to each app.
For example I could keep the default layout ...
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1answer
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Learn to use both sides of the keyboard
I'd like to force myself to use the correct (right side or left side) Shift, Ctrl, and Alt keys depending on what letter I'm typing. For instance I'd like to use the right Shift key when typing 'A' ...
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1answer
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How can I type “ç” in Windows GTK apps?
I use an English (US) international keyboard layout, and every time I use the key ´ followed by c it yields the Portuguese and French character "ç" (cedilla), which is desirable. However in GTK apps ...
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1answer
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How to make ^ and ` non-dead-keys on Windows 7 with German keyboard layout
In the default german keyboard layout ^ and backtick/forwardtick are deadkeys.
However, as a programmer (who has an aversion against french anyway ;)) I usually do not need to write áccênts but the ...
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Remap caps lock to escape in OS X
I've always remapped my caps lock key to escape in windows/linux, but having just recently moved to OS X I can't seem to find a way to actually do this. Any idea as to how to set this up? Xmodmap ...
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Mac has wrong Spanish keyboard layout
My Mac has the wrong layout for the Spanish keyboard.
Layout Mac thinks my keyboard is:
Expected Spanish ISO layout:
As you can see from the images - the layouts are different. For example, ...
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4answers
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Windows says Dvorak is the default keyboard layout, but all new windows use QWERTY
Thanks to the help I received in this thread, I was able to get Windows to default to the Dvorak keyboard layout for all new documents/windows.
There's just one catch.
I have to re-set it every time ...
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3answers
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Switch the keys caps lock and shift
Is there a way to switch the shift key with the capslock key?
I have a problem with the shift keys, and I would like to use the caps lock keys, instead of the left shift key.
Mac OS X settings allow ...
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1answer
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Mimicing Mac-style command/alt/control keys in Linux
I absolutely love that Mac separates the command key from the control key, allowing OS shortcuts and text shortcuts to co-exist. It's incredibly useful, especially because it allows emacs shortcuts ...
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Any cool programs that take advantage of “Scroll Lock”?
I never use the scroll lock key nor the caps lock key. I just discovered this, which made me think, is there anything else I can do with the leds? Let me know if you have any suggests. (windows only ...
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What's the function of the Alt Gr key?
I read somewhere that the Alt Gr key found on some layouts is a substitute for Ctrl + Alt.
However, what can this combination be used for? Are there any documented shortcuts using Ctrl + Alt?
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Linux: change keyboard layout on the fly
How can you change the keyboard layout (to QWERTY from QWERTZ) on the fly from a Linux shell?
I found this similar question, but the answer was to edit a config file, which is not so easy when you're ...
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2answers
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Making F1-F12 keys the default on Dell Inspiron 1545
I've been given a laptop at work, a Dell Inspiron 1545, which I find pretty good, except for the F1-F12 keys.
Being a programmer and a poweruser of several programs, I need to use them a lot, and ...
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How do I turn off accent combining in Windows 7?
I have English Windows 7 Professional with Hungarian keyboard language installed.
The English keyboard layout works as expected, but for the Hungarian layout some kind of "accent combining" is ...
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2answers
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Uninstalling the default US-Qwerty keyboard layout off Windows 7
Following this question I'd like to try and completely remove the Qwerty layout.
However, the default tool that comes with Windows won't allow such change.
I wonder if there is a lower-level way to ...
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6answers
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How can I sort out Xephyr's keyboard mapping?
When I start up Xephyr inside of X, my keyboard map becomes wonky mostly just for non-printing characters. I can't use arrow keys. According to xev, The down arrow gets mapped to Super_R. The up arrow ...
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4answers
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French accents on a PC with US keyboard ?
My laptop has a US keyboard, and I need to write some French, with accents.
I know there's a painful way to do it with combinations of the alt key and the ascii code alt-codes, but I was wondering if ...
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2answers
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My 'c' character won't type on my computer but typing a capital 'C' works fine (Windows 7)
I have a weird problem that I have never encountered before. This problem is intermittent with no discernible trigger.
Hitting the 'c' on my keyboard does not produce the 'c' character on my screen ...
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2answers
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How to make per-window keyboard layouts with plain XMonad?
I've been using plain XMonad for some time (not combined with KDE/GNome). Currently, I'm switching between keyboard layouts simply by a key combination globally:
[ ((modMask , xK_Scroll_Lock ),
...
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1answer
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Who changed my function keys? F7 and F8 functions have been overwritten in Windows 7
F7 now opens Thunderbird and F8 opens Firefox. I don't know when this changed, but this overrides the functions for those keys in all programs (quick-save in games, insert date in my text editor).
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Can I map an MacBook or Apple keyboard key combo to act like a Windows menu key? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Keyboard Shortcut to Right Click in Mac OS X
In Windows, the Menu Key (or Context-Menu Key — to the right of the space bar) allows you to right-click the currently ...
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Changing keyboard layout to Dvorak in Ubuntu-server
I want to set my keyboard layout to Dvorak. How do I do that exactly?
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Why specifying keyboard layout?
Most operating systems (if not all) asks about the keyboard layout during installation. Why do they need to know the layout? I mean, when pressing key, does the keyboard send a specific signal ...
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sing CapsLock to switch the keyboard language layout
Currently I am using Recaps for switching between keyboard layouts. But I am looking for a replacement, because it is a little buggy and not updated for years. Do you know any replacement?
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2answers
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How do you map a Mac keyboard to PC layout?
Say I have a Mac keyboard and want to use it on a PC. Some of the keys aren't quite right. How do I map them correctly?
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Solutions for keyboard with awkward up arrow key
We have a number of classrooms with this Logitech Keyboard/Mouse device:
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/wireless-touch-keyboard-k400?crid=26
These keyboards are almost perfect, but they ...
