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imported_>mtraceur at 06:38, 19 January 2013

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	The N900 sold in English-speaking countries has 4 arrow keys, and there are no extra symbols attached to these. If you have a different device with 2 arrow keys you should be able to change the hardware keyboard layout in the equivalent of Settings-->Text Input.		The N900 sold in English-speaking countries has 4 arrow keys, and there are no extra symbols attached to these. If you have a different device with 2 arrow keys you should be able to change the hardware keyboard layout in the equivalent of Settings-->Text Input.

	The arrow key mappings are located at the end of the file. If your device is set to a 4-arrow key layout, this can be modified by editing the section under <code>xkb_symbols "arrows_4btns" {</code>. Note that this will change any other language layout that includes 4btns - ~~only Polish~~ in the ~~default~~ file - indicated by <code>include "nokia_vndr/rx51{arrows_4btns}"</code> in the relevant language section.		The arrow key mappings are located at the end of the file. If your device is set to a 4-arrow key layout, this can be modified by editing the section under <code>xkb_symbols "arrows_4btns" {</code>. Note that this will change any other language layout that includes 4btns - which is every layout that has the normal four arrows instead of just two in the defult file (every layout includes either arrows_4btns or arrows_2btns, either directly or by including another layout that includes them) - indicated by <code>include "nokia_vndr/rx51{arrows_4btns}"</code> in the relevant language section.

	(You can change the settings just for the English layout by copying the keys you want from the arrows section to beneath the line <code>name[Group1] = "U.S. English";</code>, near the top of the file. This means you could also do things like change the Polish keyboard to keys useful for programming, and change back to English for the standard keys, or vice versa if you are Polish. There are also faster but more complicated ways to use several layouts as mentioned further down this page.)		(You can change the settings just for the English layout by copying the keys you want from the arrows section to beneath the line <code>name[Group1] = "U.S. English";</code>, near the top of the file. This means you could also do things like change the Polish keyboard to keys useful for programming, and change back to English for the standard keys, or vice versa if you are Polish. There are also faster but more complicated ways to use several layouts as mentioned further down this page.)

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	On the eight-level layouts (such as Russian and a couple others, which switch using Ctrl+Space), it seems that only levels 5 and 6 switch with levels 1 and 2. If there are exceptions to this, I have not noticed them. Because of this, remapping levels 7 and 8 on those layouts is effectively useless.		On the eight-level layouts (such as Russian and a couple others, which switch using Ctrl+Space), it seems that only levels 5 and 6 switch with levels 1 and 2. If there are exceptions to this, I have not noticed them. Because of this, remapping levels 7 and 8 on those layouts is effectively useless.

			== Links ==
			[[Remapping_keyboard/user_vis_awesome_kbdmapping]]

	[[Category:Power users]]		[[Category:Power users]]
	[[Category:N900]]		[[Category:N900]]

imported_>joerg_rw: /* Known Remap Bugs */

2012-06-08T11:17:29Z

Known Remap Bugs

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	Also, making the arrow keys have four buttons mapped to them instead of just two tends to cause problems with shift+arrow-key to highlight text.		Also, making the arrow keys have four buttons mapped to them instead of just two tends to cause problems with shift+arrow-key to highlight text.

	J-k and Z-X are two pairs of keys for which pressing shift+fn+(key) causes the typing of both that key's fourth-level mapped character, and the pair key's fourth level character. So, with default mappings, shift+fn+j types ")&", as does "shift-fn-k". So mapping those characters to separate keys at the fourth level is typically counter productive, though it could be useful for writing programs, scripts, or just mathematical expressions if you map [ to one and ] to the next one, or {}, (), or <>. ~~See http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Hardware_Subsystems#Keyboard~~		J-k and Z-X are two pairs of keys for which pressing shift+fn+(key) causes the typing of both that key's fourth-level mapped character, and the pair key's fourth level character. So, with default mappings, shift+fn+j types ")&", as does "shift-fn-k". So mapping those characters to separate keys at the fourth level is typically counter productive, though it could be useful for writing programs, scripts, or just mathematical expressions if you map [ to one and ] to the next one, or {}, (), or <>.

	Alternatively, you can delete one of the fourth-row key-maps from the keys in each pair, leaving it with only three characters (make sure to delete the last comma), and then both of those buttons will simply display the one key that's left.		Alternatively, you can delete one of the fourth-row key-maps from the keys in each pair, leaving it with only three characters (make sure to delete the last comma), and then both of those buttons will simply display the one key that's left.
			See http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Hardware_Subsystems#Keyboard

	On the eight-level layouts (such as Russian and a couple others, which switch using Ctrl+Space), it seems that only levels 5 and 6 switch with levels 1 and 2. If there are exceptions to this, I have not noticed them. Because of this, remapping levels 7 and 8 on those layouts is effectively useless.		On the eight-level layouts (such as Russian and a couple others, which switch using Ctrl+Space), it seems that only levels 5 and 6 switch with levels 1 and 2. If there are exceptions to this, I have not noticed them. Because of this, remapping levels 7 and 8 on those layouts is effectively useless.

imported_>joerg_rw: /* Known Remap Bugs */ link to hw explanation for ghost keys

2012-06-08T11:15:46Z

Known Remap Bugs: link to hw explanation for ghost keys

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	Also, making the arrow keys have four buttons mapped to them instead of just two tends to cause problems with shift+arrow-key to highlight text.		Also, making the arrow keys have four buttons mapped to them instead of just two tends to cause problems with shift+arrow-key to highlight text.

	J-k and Z-X are two pairs of keys for which pressing shift+fn+(key) causes the typing of both that key's fourth-level mapped character, and the pair key's fourth level character. So, with default mappings, shift+fn+j types ")&", as does "shift-fn-k". So mapping those characters to separate keys at the fourth level is typically counter productive, though it could be useful for writing programs, scripts, or just mathematical expressions if you map [ to one and ] to the next one, or {}, (), or <>.		J-k and Z-X are two pairs of keys for which pressing shift+fn+(key) causes the typing of both that key's fourth-level mapped character, and the pair key's fourth level character. So, with default mappings, shift+fn+j types ")&", as does "shift-fn-k". So mapping those characters to separate keys at the fourth level is typically counter productive, though it could be useful for writing programs, scripts, or just mathematical expressions if you map [ to one and ] to the next one, or {}, (), or <>. See http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Hardware_Subsystems#Keyboard

	Alternatively, you can delete one of the fourth-row key-maps from the keys in each pair, leaving it with only three characters (make sure to delete the last comma), and then both of those buttons will simply display the one key that's left.		Alternatively, you can delete one of the fourth-row key-maps from the keys in each pair, leaving it with only three characters (make sure to delete the last comma), and then both of those buttons will simply display the one key that's left.

imported_>ecloud: /* Remapping keyboard arrows */

2011-08-04T09:23:53Z

Remapping keyboard arrows

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	This example adds Norwegian å, ø and æ, in an arrangement similar to the usual PC keyboard layout, plus the pipe "\|" for convenient xterm use:		This example adds Norwegian å, ø and æ, in an arrangement similar to the usual PC keyboard layout, plus the pipe "\|" for convenient xterm use:
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