Re: Poll: + or = or - or _ for Onscreen Keyboard
 

OK, a shameless bump! Any more poll-takers?

Hey, also, anybody know what to do with the results, like is there any way to let Nokia know that we would like them to make a different choice for these keys on the keyboard in the next OS release?

Re: Poll: + or = or - or _ for Onscreen Keyboard
 

Somehow, I've managed to get a '-' instead of a '=' on my virtual keyboard. I'm really not sure how it happened, but I think I may have selected UK keyboard vice a US keyboard?

In any case, I have '-' and '+' both showing on the keyboard when I use it.

Re: Poll: + or = or - or _ for Onscreen Keyboard
 

I'll be darned! Switching to the UK EN keyboard gave me, not a '-' and a '+' but a '-' and a '='. Not bad! Also gets the '_' into Upper Case instead of Symbol. Lost some stuff, no doubt, not sure what yet. But I'm going British!

Re: Poll: + or = or - or _ for Onscreen Keyboard
 

woot, UK ftw :P

Re: Poll: + or = or - or _ for Onscreen Keyboard
 

The problem with this poll is that it ignores the keyboard language chosen by the user. I notice that you are US based so I guess that you've selected 'English (USA)' as the keyboard language. If you switch to 'English (UK)' you will get a different result - one that includes '-' and '=' in the lower case.

If you experiment with different languages you will see a lot of variation. Since you can choose two languages to switch between, it might be worth including both UK and US so just a single tap on 'En' to flip between the different layouts.

Re: Poll: + or = or - or _ for Onscreen Keyboard
 

Well, I got fancy and just copied the /usr/share/keyboards/en_UK.vkb file to /usr/share/en_US.vkb.

When I rebooted, I could only do handwriting, so don't do that. :)

desiv
p.s. I made a copy first, so I could go back. ;)

Re: Poll: + or = or - or _ for Onscreen Keyboard
 

What a poll. Why not ask "Would you rather beat your wife or beat your kids?" (in a game of cards). OF COURSE I want a full 102 key ASCII keyboard with function keys F1 - F12. Duh.

Re: Poll: + or = or - or _ for Onscreen Keyboard
 

ASCII keyboard?
Beats an EBCDIC keyboard, I guess.

Re: Poll: + or = or - or _ for Onscreen Keyboard
 

My on-screen kbd is set so that I can switch between my own locale and UK English, and in UK English mode I get the '-', just as I want it. In my own locale I get '-' as well, on the letter keys instead of the numeric keypad, which is fine. Now, the major reason I need the UK English kbd at all is that the '|' (pipe) sign is missing from my own locale kbd! Argh! Those designers must start to realize what kind of letters are wanted on a *nix-based system.