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Wandrecanada

@tml @mathewi There was in fact an alternate French Canadian keyboard layout. It forced the relocation of some punctuation.

This was fine if you owned hardware that matched the layout. Unfortunately most keyboards were in schools or workplaces. So eng was default and cheaper.

24 April at 13:08 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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GunChleoc

@wandrecanada @tml @mathewi Instructions to install keyboard layouts with accented letters: igaidhlig.net/en/category/acce

Of course, getting these layouts installed in school networks can be a problem, especially when they have been outsourced...

24 April at 19:29 | Open on mastodon.scot
EvilKiru

@gunchleoc @wandrecanada @tml @mathewi After installing a second keyboard/language layout, you can hold down right-Alt and Shift to switch between them (I have ENG and ISL installed and I just discovered that you can press the Windows key and space together instead). Then I just hit the accent key followed by the character I want accented. Alternately, you can pop up the on-screen keyboard (it can be complicated so search for it in the task-bar search field).

24 April at 21:56 | Open on techhub.social
Wandrecanada

@EvilKiru @gunchleoc @tml @mathewi Yep all good suggestions. Alt-Shift was added to Win 8 natively and it's a very powerful tool for multi lingual support.

There were some earlier tools around as well but I haven't seen anything from the 90s when it was a pain point for me. I think there were some macro style work arounds?

24 April at 23:59 | Open on mastodon.social
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