[ Replying on-list as I see nothing sensitive in the message, and it does explain my plight a little better .. ]
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 09:19 +0100, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: > Shaun ONeil wrote: > [] > > The rest: I'm a british national living in the US .. I've been typing > > on a UK keymap for 12-13 years, so find the differences in a US keymap > > just enough to drive me nuts. I'm also planning on moving home within > > 12 months, so 'just getting used to it' doesn't seem too beneficial. > > > [] > > hello, > > I'm afraid I cannot help you with the problem, but the curiosity, which > has killed a cat is eating me alive. What is the difference between US and > UK keyboard, as both of nations use the same set of letters? I know > German, Russian, and others have keyboards with their special letters, but > US / UK? > > BTW, have you tried e-bay? > Greetings, > -- > *** Michal R. Hoffmann | <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *** > *** -= member of: KNM, ZUKiH, HCKU =- *** It's minor differences, but enough to catch me off-guard when I least expect it. Above the number keys, I have " (quote, shift-2), £ (GBP, shift-3) .. a US keymap has @ and # respectively. Tilde (~) is shift-hash (#), placed to the left of Enter (return / CR, whatever you're used to) .. rather than being to the left of One. My backslash (\) and pipe (|) are on a key to the left of Z, on a US keyboard it's above the Enter key. My Enter key is two rows high, making it easy to hit on the run, but that placement of the \| key brings an american one to one row .. That's possibly the single most unreadable paragraph I've writen for a long time, so grab a coffee, slow down, and read it again :o) So yes, identical character sets .. the main QWERTY is all identical, so it could be worse. However, having tidle, quote and pipe in strange places really slows me down in a shell. I shall take a look at eBay right after I send this .. nervously however, it's not something I've tried before. Desperate times call for desperate measures, I guess .. Thanks, Shaun -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]