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2009-11-27
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I think you have to type another character after the tilde for it to show up, much like on a regular keyboard.
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2009-11-27
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If you want a tilda above a character, then hit tilda and then the character (from keyboard). If you want a tilda on its own, then hit tilda then spacebar.
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2009-11-27
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A regular keyboard will happily type a tilde without requiring another character after it ~
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2009-11-27
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And it looks as though the tilda above a character is reserved for certain characters only. Likely to be congruent with the various languages that use the tilda in that manner.
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2009-11-27
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Originally Posted by jaark
But how many regular keyboards can place that tilda above the character? It is a compromise for a mobile device that is going to be used worldwide in many different languages.
A regular keyboard will happily type a tilde without requiring another character after it ~
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2009-11-27
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Perhaps I'm not using the correct term for the character, but I'm trying and failing to type:
~
I have no problems typing letters with accentuated tilda's on them (which is entered thorough a different panel of the N900's soft keyboard)
The plain "~" character should be able to be entered by itself just like you could on the N800 and on desktop computers. I need it for web addresses and shell scripting on the N900.
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I have no problems typing letters with accentuated tilda's on them (which is entered thorough a different panel of the N900's soft keyboard)
The plain "~" character should be able to be entered by itself just like you could on the N800 and on desktop computers. I need it for web addresses and shell scripting on the N900.
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2009-11-27
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Also that has nothing todo with the keyboard, but with your PCs configuration. Under GNU/Linux so called deadkeys are the default, there is generally also a nodeadkeys layout though. You might be able to set that on the N900 too, but this behavior as such is perfectly normal and fine.
Last edited by Florob; 2009-11-27 at 23:13.
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2009-11-27
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I despise deadkeys, I can find no possible use for them. That's always the first thing I configure away when I start with a new computer.
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2009-11-27
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Originally Posted by EIPI
Mostly every keyboard with "dead keys" - like your tilde. Otherwise it would be problematic to type letters like ã, ñ, é, à etc.
But how many regular keyboards can place that tilda above the character? It is a compromise for a mobile device that is going to be used worldwide in many different languages.
So on my normal computerkeyboard I type <~>+<SPACE> for "~" and <~>+<n> for ñ.
However, in both cases when you press the tilda nothing happens.
Anyone else see this? I had to copy a tilda from the text of a website and paste it into my text entry action to get it to input at all.