Re: [xkb] Re: <> and | symbols under symbols/is on pc104 keyboards

To: "Ãvar ArnfjÃrÃ Bjarmason" <avarab ( at ) gmail ( dot ) com>

Subject: Re: [xkb] Re: <> and | symbols under symbols/is on pc104 keyboards

From: "BjÃrn Helgason" <gosinn ( at ) gmail ( dot ) com>

Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:58:23 +0000

Cc: "GuÃlaugur JÃhannesson" <gudlaugu ( at ) stanford ( dot ) edu>, rglug ( at ) rglug ( dot ) org, "Discussion on the future of XKB extension" <xkb ( at ) listserv ( dot ) bat ( dot ) ru>, helgi <helgip ( at ) callplus ( dot ) co ( dot ) nz>

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VK_M
U007c
Vertical Line
|
ctrl+m

VK_3
U003c
Less Than Sign
<
ctrl+3

VK_7
U003e
Greater Than Sign
>
ctrl+7

2008/7/17 Ãvar ArnfjÃrÃ Bjarmason <avarab ( at ) gmail ( dot ) com>:

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:04 PM, GuÃlaugur JÃhannesson
<gudlaugu ( at ) stanford ( dot ) edu> wrote:

> On Thursday 17 July 2008 08:47:55 Ãvar ArnfjÃrÃ Bjarmason wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Sergey Udaltsov
>>
>> <sergey ( dot ) udaltsov ( at ) gmail ( dot ) com> wrote:
>> > Some questions, just to give us some context:
>> > Can you buy pc104 in Iceland? Are <>| engraved on those keyboards?
>> > Where? Could you provide a photo?
>>
>> pc104 keyboards are available in Iceland although rarer than pc105
>> keyboards. <>| might be engraved on them physically wherever the
>> standard US layout puts them but if you switch to the IS layout you
>> can't enter them on the standard layout.
>

> I am using the is keyboard layout and I can create the < and > symbols by
> using Alt-Gr+shift and the keys z and x (don't know their formal names).
> But I am certainly missing the | sign greatly and have to switch to á US
> layout to get it and would appreciate a keyboard layout that has that key
> accessible.

I hadn't noticed that <> were accessible through z and x, well spotted.

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