Questions tagged [qwerty]
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How to copy keyboard layout from one computer to another in Debian?
I need “Russian (US, phonetic)” keyboard layout on Debian 12 bookworm. Where it's not currently available. But I have it on a different computer that's running Debian Trixie/sid.
Can I somehow copy it ...
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What is the name of this specific QWERTY keyboard layout?
I'm talking about the QWERTY keyboard layout which has the big L-shaped Enter key and the backward slash key placed left of the right Shift key.
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Why is the 0 key last on the QWERTY keyboard layout and scan codes, but the first in ASCII and EBCDIC?
In ASCII, 0 is first, before 1.
In EBCDIC, 0 is still first, before 1.
This enables computations and conversions between codes and digits, simply by subtracting "0".
Eg: "0" - &...
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Is there a modified version of the United States QWERTY keyboard with more symbols?
I'd like to have the US QWERTY layout (so my keyboard still works,) but also have some addition symbols from other languages. It's almost like adding the Alt-Graph and it's features from the UK/Irish ...
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Azerty keyboard switches back to qwerty on startup. HP 850
On my HP laptop I have the AZERTY layout, however the keyboard is QWERTY when typing. I changed it to AZERTY through control panel and it didn't do anything. After restarting the laptop it switched to ...
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Laptop with an unknown keyboard layout
Does anyone recognise this keyboard layout? It looks like a cross between Swedish (because of the capital O-uml and A-uml) and German (because of the positions of the hash etc)? I cannot find a named ...
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United States Qwerty keyboard buggy
I'm using Windows 10 build 1903 with the layout set to United States Qwerty English International. However to do such things as type a quote("") with SHIFT plus the quote key, I need to use a lot of ...
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Keyboard keys mixed up (y and z) on Win 10
Configuration:
Lenovo P50 PC
Windows 10 Enterprise
I have a really weird problem. I have 2 keyboard layouts installed English-US (QWERTY) and German (QWERTZ).
All was working fine. Then starting ...
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Can I use AltGr + ' to produce ` (grave accent) in Windows?
Can I use AltGr + ' to produce ` (grave accent) in Windows?
This is the default behaviour in Linux, I'd like to do the same on Windows.
I'm using Windows 10 with a QWERTY italian keyboard which, ...
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MSKLC Layouts only apply to text intput, not in applications
I tried to make myself a German QWERTY layout by just switching the z and y key on my keyboard and creating a fitting layout with the Microsoft Keyboard Layout creator since there is no native support....
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How can I have both qwerty and azerty keyboards on same computer same time?
I have both an azerty and a qwerty keyboards on my computer.
The azerty keyboard (FRA) is a real keyboard.
The qwerty keyboard (ENG) is a magnetic track card reader recognized as a keyboard.
My ...
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Switch from dvorak to qwerty when modifier key is pressed [duplicate]
Since I spend most of my day at a computer, I've become interested in learning to type on Dvorak. However, there's one thing holding me back: shortcuts. Shortcuts are designed to work on QWERTY, and ...
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Issue sony vaio : greater than (>) and less than (<) french keyboard
Originally my keyboard is QWERTY , and greater than (>) and less than (<) symbols work well, but when I switch my language from english to french ( AZERTY) . I don't know where is the location of ...
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How can I easily toggle between Dvorak and QWERTY keyboard layouts from a Linux system console?
I switch between Dvorak and QWERTY keyboard layouts and frequently find myself with mismatched layouts on my host operating system and a Linux virtual machine.
How can I easily switch the layout when ...
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How to get German QWERTY on Windows?
Well I'm used to having the world standard keyboard which is qwerty and not qwertz... But on Windows I can't find the choice for German input which would be qwerty, not qwertz. In Linux there was ...
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How to type a caron char with qwerty keyboard?
How to type a caron char with a qwerty keyboard?
I really need a blank space with this carot. I used the following instructions with no success. The opposite char, the carot, is printed on my keyboard ...
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Is there a really fast way to switch between QWERTY and Dvorak?
What is the fastest way to switch between QWERTY and Dvorak on a Windows 7 Pro machine, by say, a key combination?
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Two keyboards - one qwerty one dvorak. Can windows use both simultaneously?
Similar to this question: Is it possible to use multi keyboards with multi keyboard layouts simultaneously? - I have two keyboards plugged in simultaneously. Both are querty keyboards, but I've ...
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Is there a way to change may keyboard layout before a program opens, and then change it back when the program exits?
All without me telling it to do anything after I invoke the fist thing.
I have a mac. And an automator service that changes from dvorak to qwerty before starcraft 2 launches... but is there a way to ...
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What keyboard layout should one switch to, for maximum typing speed?
If this link is to be believed, then colemak/capewell/arensito are the layouts that make the fingers move the least amount of distance over the keyboard.
It looks like Colemak is the best supported ...
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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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International Dvorak keyboard doesn't trigger hot-keys
I'm using the Engilsh-Dvorak keyboard-layout; My second keyboard language is Hebrew, which has nothing to do with Dvorak but the hot keys (e.g if I'm writing a document in Hebrew and want to make some ...
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Is there a way to use Dvorak keyboard layout, but with command keys mapped to qwerty?
I tried to learn Dvorak keyboard layout a few years ago, and got reasonably good at it, but I couldn't get past the fact that command-key shortcuts were no longer in the right place.
In particular, ...
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why the letters in keyboards are arranged like this?
Does anyone have a good explanation why the keyboard of computers has this weird way of arrangements?
QWERTY and others? I know they take it from typewriters? but still?
why didn't they arrange it ...