Hotkeys do not work when non-english keyboard layout is active

I live in Russia and use Russian keyboard layout pretty frequently. Also, I am a big fan of using hotkeys. But the problem is that in any Aperture version, hotkeys only work when english/U.S. layout is active. It's pretty annoying to switch back and forth.

You can tell Apple how you want this fixed at
http://www.apple.com/feedback/aperture.html

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Non-english keyboard layouts work in some programs, not others

In some programs, I can set a non-English keyboard layout and have the appropriate behavior when it comes to diacritics - in, say, the brazilian layout, hitting { then a will give me a á, and so on. It works perfectly fine in Firefox and xchat, for instance. But in other programs, opera and openoffice to name two I've tried, this fails. I either get a garbage character when I hit the first diacritic key or I just get the diacritic by itself and then the accentless vowel: ´a.
Completely non-English characters still work fine; I can get ç in the Brazilian layout and ñ in Latin American and the Georgian one works fine too, since Georgian doesn't have diacritics I presume. It's just diacritics that don't work.
I first noticed this problem after I installed SCIM, so I assume it has something to do with the SCIM installation, but I don't know what I did in the process of installing it that would've messed things up.

thayer wrote:Your best bet would be to post your problem to the dwm mailing list:
[email protected]
Will do...
Thanks!

Command-~ - not possible on non-english keyboard

Searched the forum and could only find this topic in the archives. It's a problem that comes up once in a while.
I love to point out that the shortcut Command-~ (and command-1,2,3,...) is still hard coded in Photoshop.
As a user on a non-english keyboard it's impossible to use the Command-~ shortcut. On Mac it's not even listed, on windows, it's listed but it can only be selected by pressing the shift key; so the shortcut doesn't work.
Hopefully Adobe will add the possibility to change this shortcut once and for all.

The no-mouse shortcut in CS4 is Cmd Option 2
The Channel shortcuts have been re-numbered with the Composite now being "2" and the next one (R, C, or Lightness depending on image mode) being "3". And so forth.
Cmd Option, plus the appropriate number, serves to select Highlights in the specified Channel.
Cmd Option Shift, plus the appropriate number, lets you add to the selection Channel by Channel.

[LR2 - SOLUTION] Using Lightroom in englsih with a non-english keyboard layout

Hi, Many of us, non native english speaking LR users, are using LT in english on a system having a non-US keyboard layout. The conseqeunce of this is that we can't reach a lot of keyboard shortcuts because LR doesn't offer any interface for configuring them. However, there's a workaround. I'll explain here what I did for the french language but you can apply this to your own language. For the non english languages, the keyboard shortcuts are defined in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2\Resources\<language>\TranslatedStrings.txt. If you are using LR in english, this file is not used and there's no similar file in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2\Resources\en. But you can create one containing only the shortcuts that you need. I have created a new TranslatedStrings.txt file containing only the keyboard shortcuts defined for the french version. I did this by copying only the lines containing the following sequences: ....Key=... ....KeyShifted=... ...AgPanel/LeftPanelShortcut... ...AgPanel/RightPanelShortcut... ...MenuShortcut/DecreaseRating= ...MenuShortcut/IncreaseRating= (french users can find this file here: http://www.mainsoft.fr/Files/LR/TranslatedStrings.txt . Copy this file to "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2\Resources\en" and relaunch Lightroom. Now you have the same keyboard shortcuts as when using LR in french. Interestingly enough, if you hit ctrl + < , the LR keyboard shortcut panel is displayed and it shows your new shortcuts. Again, you can do the same for your own language by copying the specified strings from the relevant folder. Hope this helps. -- Patrick Philippot MainSoft Consulting Services www.mainsoft.fr

Yes… I would at a minimum contact Apple sales or AppleCare regarding this. You have two options though. You can ask for a new one, given they can't simply swap out a keybaord you need to exchange the whole thing.
Otherwise, you can use it as a bargaining chip and say ask for a free external International English keyboard and a discount on your next Apple Store purchase… for instance.
Regardless, be polite yet firm with them as you did not get what you ordered.

Why Rpad does not work in non-English characters...????

Ηι ,
I have the classic table of emp in user scott....
When i insert another row containing non-English characters the rpad function does not work......
SQL> select ename , rpad(ename,12,'.') from emp;
ENAME                          RPAD(ENAME,12,'.')
SMITH                          SMITH.......
ALLEN                          ALLEN.......
WARD                           WARD........
JONES                          JONES.......
MARTIN                         MARTIN......
BLAKE                          BLAKE.......
CLARK                          CLARK.......
KING                           KING........
TURNER                         TURNER......
JAMES                          JAMES.......
FORD                           FORD........
MILLER                         MILLER......
SCOTT                          SCOTT.......
ADAMS                          ADAMS.......
ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΑΓΙWhen i convert it to English characters then it works....
PANAGIOTOU PANAGIOTOU..
How can i make it to work....????
I use 10g v.2
Many thanks...
Sim

Hi ,
SQL> select length('ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΥ') from dual;
LENGTH('ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΥ')
                  10
SQL> select vsize('ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΥ') from dual;
VSIZE('ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΥ')
                 20When i issue the command
SQL> select ename , rpad(ename,25,'.') from emp;
ENAME                          RPAD(ENAME,25,'.')
SMITH                          SMITH....................
ALLEN                          ALLEN....................
WARD                           WARD.....................
JONES                          JONES....................
MARTIN                         MARTIN...................
BLAKE                          BLAKE....................
CLARK                          CLARK....................
KING                           KING.....................
TURNER                         TURNER...................
JAMES                          JAMES....................
FORD                           FORD.....................
MILLER                         MILLER...................
SCOTT                          SCOTT....................
ADAMS                          ADAMS....................
ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΥ                     ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΥ.....It worked.... setting as 25 characters for padding.....
Thanks....for the useful remark
Sim

Screen locked with non-English keyboard layout selected

Hello,
I use two keyboard character sets for keyboard. The switch between them is Command-Space.
I also have password requirement for waking up or going from screen saver.
Now if screensaver starts with non-English layout selected, I'm not able to login:
password is not accepted because keyboard layout is not English and switching
to English layout does not work in unlocking window.
Is there any way to change layout while in the unlock window?
Thanks

Yes you are right, this is not a bug, it's just bad user interface. Just imagine the following scenario...
Writing a paper, switching to Greek to enter a couple of characters and leaving the mac idle for 5 mins.
The lock screen comes up asking for a password, unfortunately the user didn't change the language
before the mac was left idle and there is no option to change the language in the lock screen.
User has to hard reset to access the mac and let's hope that the user was saving his paper frequenlty.
So from a coding point of view this is not a bug, but from a user interface design it is a huge flaw

Some applications don't put accents with non-english keyboard layouts

I'm using a Portuguese keyboard with three different macs running Mac OS Tiger 10.4.8/9. Some applications (like Motion 2 and Swift Publishing 2) don't allow writing some accented characters, like (è) or (ê), that are accessed by Shift+normal key, but they do display correctly other accented letters, for instance (é), witch are accessed directly without the Shift key. This happens only in some applications and with a european keyboard layout (I tried it also with the spanish and french keyboards layouts), but not with other applications (it works all right with Word or iPhoto) and the english keyboards.
Any sugestion as how to solve this? If I create the text in some other application and paste it in Motion it works! But it's a drag.
iMac Core2Duo 20" Mac OS X (10.4.8) MacBook Core2Duo MacPlus

Hey KDCruz,
Thanks for the question. Let's see if we can isolate the issue further, the following article has some great troubleshooting steps:
One or more keys on the keyboard do not respond
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1381
Thanks,
Matt M.

Dwm and non-english keyboard layouts problem

Hi all,
I am using dwm 5.5. I'm Greek so I change between keyboard layouts all the time,
see the relevant xorg.conf section:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,gr"
Option "XkbVariant" ","
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
EndSection
Now the thing is that whenever I switch to Greek (by pressing Alt+Shift) the
dwm tags (1,2,...,9) are not clickable (keyboard shortcuts do work
though, so it's not a very big problem).
Do you have any ideas about how to fix that behavior? I'd go to the dwm irc
channel and ask them, but I'll be a "newbie asking stupid questions" so I
preferred to ask here
Thanks in advance
Last edited by geo909 (2010-01-08 17:23:29)

thayer wrote:Your best bet would be to post your problem to the dwm mailing list:
[email protected]
Will do...
Thanks!

Justification property is not working when using a format mask

Hi all,
I have a text item with number data type and right to left reading order,
I put the justification property to right.
I used a format mask to set two decimal places for the entered number.
The problem is the justification property is not aligning right, I noticed that it's aligning right only if i removed the format mask or changed the reading order to (left to right).
I hope there is a solution for this
Thanks

Format mask and justification will not work for Non english character sets.
To support bidirectional languages such as Arabic, do not use Left or
Right justification (numeric text items can use Right justification). Use
Start and End instead.
Rajesh ALex

[SOLVED] Awesome 3.5 using english keyboard layout instead of Xorg's

Keyboard layout was OK on 3.4.
For 3.5 and git version, Awesome defaults to english layout. Calling awesome.restart() (e.g. with SUPER+SHIFT+R) will correctly set the layout according to Xorg config. That's quite annoying indeed.
Only Awesome is affected, i.e. all other applications will use the Xorg config. So basically the affected parts are
* key bindings
* Run command
* Run lua code
Using
* up to date x86_64 system
* blank user session
* startx and 'exec awesome' as the sole command.
I couldn't find any related issue on the web, seems strange to me since I shouldn't be the only one using a non-english keyboard layout !
Any idea ?
Last edited by Ambrevar (2013-08-02 20:01:32)

Same here, but as with nomorewindows case, I just need to restart awesome, but I need to do it every time I boot. Both my console and X are configured to dvorak, but in X it's set through .xinitrc.
I'm going to try and see whether putting
echo "awesome.restart()" | awesome-client
into my .xinitrc will help.
By the way, my .xinitrc starts awesome in the following way:
awesome & wmpid=$!
[whole bunch of misery involving mpd, urxvt and setting the keymap in X]
[above for restarting awesome]
wait $wmpid

I am using iPad1. Running v4.3 and when connecting to wifi iPad keyboard does not work. Keyboard works for everything else including typing this question out. Why would it not work when typingin password for wifi connection?

I am using iPad1. Running v4.3 and when connecting to wifi iPad keyboard does not work. Keyboard works for everything else including typing this question out. Why would it not work when typingin password for wifi connection?

Kowhai wrote:
Lots of WIFI needs a username and password to get access. I guess you're lucky and yours is set up unsecured.
Normal secured WiFi requires only a password to get access. The password is used to encrypt traffic between your device and the WiFi access point. If whatever you are using requires a username as well then it is not simply normal secured WiFi. It might be a subscription WiFi service like GOGO, ATT, etc., or a service with authentication, i.e., college campus, etc. To help you out we need to know what you are using and what connection dialog you are being presented with. You don't have exactly the same problem as the original poster. He is having a problem entering a password into the password dialog that iOS presents when one tries to connect to a normal secured WiFi network. Could you clarify exactly which WiFi service you are using.

Keyboard backlighting not working when using Windows in Boot Camp

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Hi I bought an America iPhone 5 and went on all mobile networks was blocked when I got home in Romania phone does not recognize any SIM not working sorry my english not good please can you help me

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Rikirannu wrote:
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