[thelist] non-Roman characters in URIs [was: [TIP] - Use UTF-8 whenever possible]

[T. R. Valentine]

On 12/05/06, kasimir-k <evolt at kasimir-k.fi> wrote:

> T. R. Valentine scribeva in 12/05/2006 17:01:
> > So, how does someone with an Arabic or Armenian or Chinese ChaJei --
> > or any one of dozens -- keyboard layout enter the non-accented Latin
> > characters (000000–00007F of Unicode or ASCII) (besides using Alt+
> > codes or copying and pasting)?
>
> Good question! It would be great if list members using such keyboards
> could tell us how it works in the real life. Meanwhile, I had a look at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout
> "Also, most non-Roman keyboard layouts have the capacity to be used to
> input Roman letters as well as the script of the language"
>
> I would believe that Roman letters were often printed on these
> keyboards, as they are so commonly needed - but I just guessing here.

Micro$oft has an interesting tool at
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/keyboards.mspx

Select a keyboard from the dropdown list and it pops-up a small window
containing the selected keyboard. Mousing over either 'Shift' key, the
'Caps' key or the 'AltGr' key changes the display. Clicking on any of
those keys has the effect of holding that key down in place.

I may be missing something, but in looking at the Greek Polytonic
keyboard and the Russian keyboard I do not see a way to enter Roman
letters.

So let me echo Kasimir's request for list members using such keyboards
informing us us how they work in real life.


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