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Keyboard layout

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:35 am
by Stanley07
Cant get the @ to come up after hitting shift+@

Re: Keyboard layout

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:05 am
by FTrevorGowen
Stanley07 wrote:Cant get the @ to come up after hitting shift+@
(Using Raspbian) the Pi defaults to UK keyboard layout - I guess you're using a US keyboard (?). The "Internationalisation Options" of raspi-config (sudo raspi-config from the command line) is where you go to change that etc.
Trev.

Re: Keyboard layout

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:42 pm
by Stanley07
FTrevorGowen wrote:
Stanley07 wrote:Cant get the @ to come up after hitting shift+@
(Using Raspbian) the Pi defaults to UK keyboard layout - I guess you're using a US keyboard (?). The "Internationalisation Options" of raspi-config (sudo raspi-config from the command line) is where you go to change that etc.
Trev.
So then I need to set the keyboard to Uk, correct? I have a Acer keyboard , I think its 105 keys, does that make a difference from being 104 keys?

Re: Keyboard layout

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:17 pm
by FTrevorGowen
Stanley07 wrote:
FTrevorGowen wrote:
Stanley07 wrote:Cant get the @ to come up after hitting shift+@
(Using Raspbian) the Pi defaults to UK keyboard layout - I guess you're using a US keyboard (?). The "Internationalisation Options" of raspi-config (sudo raspi-config from the command line) is where you go to change that etc.
Trev.
So then I need to set the keyboard to Uk, correct? I have a Acer keyboard , I think its 105 keys, does that make a difference from being 104 keys?
No - you need to tell Raspbian what (country) type of keyboard (layout) you're actually using (via raspi-config). So, if the '2' key, shifted is '@', and the '3' key shifted is '#', etc. your keyboard layout is US (a UK keyboard would have '"' and '£' instead, plus other differences). There are also options to select the number of keys present. However, for the US style mini-keyboard** I use I "lied" - it lacked the "numeric keypad" a 104/5 keyboard has but, since those keys are "duplicates", it didn't matter.
Trev.
** FWIW, shown here: http://www.cpmspectrepi.webspace.virgin ... ngHub.html

Re: Keyboard layout

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 5:26 pm
by Stanley07
problem solved tweeked the keyboard setting, thks for the advice