I have an N810 Maemo 4 handheld.

I'm going to be entering just numbers in a spreadsheet.

Is there a way to lock the keyboard so I don't have to press the key you use to shift to get numbers?

TIA

What app are you using?

I don't know what you mean by pressing the shift key for numbers.

Can you post a desktop pic?

Okay. Sorry. I think I know what you're asking.

One way would be to use Xmodmap.

Then change your hardware key settings temporarily.

For example, something like:
keysym F8 = 0 0
keysym F7 = 1 1
keysym Up = 2 2
keysym Down = 3 3
keysym Left = 4 4
keysym Right = 5 5
keysym Return = 6 6
keysym F4 = 7 7
keysym Escape = 8 8
keysym F5 = 9 9


I don't know the hardware keyboard for the N810 though to help you with the codes.

I believe what you are after is to change the keyboard on the N810 to just do the numbers/punctuation. Just hit Fn twice and that will lock it. Once more to unlock

Or perhaps you could just do this. ^