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Re: foreign keyboard support (E/NS 1.99q9)



>>>>> "Vincent" == Vincent Minder <vmin@urba.ulg.ac.be> writes:
In article <vmin.96Mar2618461@darkstar> Vincent Minder <vmin@urba.ulg.ac.be> writes:


    Vincent> Hi,

    Vincent> Executor doesnŠt seem to be aware of my French
    Vincent> keyboard.  Am I the only one with this problem ? Is it NS
    Vincent> specific ?  Will there be a fix or should I consider
    Vincent> buying a US keyboard :-)

It is semi-NEXTSTEP specific.  Our foreign keyboard support is pretty
poor all around, but it's worse under NEXTSTEP than anywhere else.
Have you tried any of the switches that "-keyboards" will tell you
about?

    Vincent> Maybe q12 fixes this, but I havenŠt downloaded it
    Vincent> yet. Actually I am downloading it right now, but it looks
    Vincent> like IŠll have to wait for tomorrow : ~60 bytes/s :-\

Nah, q12 doesn't fix anyone's keyboard problems, sorry.

    Vincent> Other than that IŠm pretty amazed : Executor runs
    Vincent> WriteNow 3.0-French almost perfectly (only the help panel
    Vincent> is sometimes messy, but WN is fully functional) and
    Vincent> rocket fast even through Display PostScript ! Has anyone
    Vincent> tested WN4.0 ?

We've done a little testing in house, but not much.  Glad it works.

    Vincent> Thanks,

    Vincent>   Vincent

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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