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janbkr

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Nov 22, 2007
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Hi,

I've been trawling the net for a couple of hours and can't believe I can't fix this problem on my so-called internationally-friendly MacBook running Tiger.

I have a MacBook with a French keyboard. Sometimes I need to type in English, and sometimes I need to type in Turkish (using Turkish accented characters). I can't touch type on either keyboard layout.

I know all about character palette and keyboard viewer. In the keyboard viewer for a French keyboard there is support for some Turkish characters (with option key combinations) but not all: the Turkish s cedilla (with a tail) and a g with a smile on top are two examples that just aren't there.

Now, here is my problem: how can I type in Turkish on this French keyboard, given that there is no support in the French keyboard layout for some of the characters I need? We're not talking a one-off instance of inserting a character from the palette, and I can't be doing with a virtual keyboard on the screen: I need these characters at my fingertips!

Is there some kind of program that can rewire those key bindings in the keyboard viewer to the characters I want? I mean, I would happily sacrifice a mathematical symbol or two to get the missing Turkish characters.

Hate to say it, but the Windows ALT + code key combinations worked like a dream for me: I can't believe the Mac can't do something similar.

Jan

Intel MacBook 2GHz
MacOS X 10.4.1
 
Take a look at these two web pages:
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/turkish.html
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/keyboards/mackey.html

Is this what you are trying to do? You can something similar to windows ALT key codes:

Turkish Extended Codes for OS X

Vowels
İ Option+W,Shift+I dotted capital I
ı Option+W,I dotless I
Ö Option+u,O
ö Option+u,o
Ü Option+u,U
ü Option+u,u

Consonants
Ç Shift+Option+C
ç Option+C
Ğ Option+011D Capital G-breve
ğ Option+011E G-breve
Ş Option+015E Capital S cedille
ş Option+015F S-cedille

But there is also a keyboard viewer, I think its under the international menu..you might also need to install the language kit.
 
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