<Press-Alt> + Num1 + Num2 + Num6 + <Release-Alt> where Num1, Num2
&
Num6 are 1, 2 & 6 on the *numeric keyboard* (not the ones above the
letter keys) will produce ASCII character 126 ("~", tilde) on my WinXP
Pro in both Rterm and Rgui for R v1.8.1. Do you get anything at all?
Does it work in any other Windows applications or dialogs (you
mentioned Word)? What about <Press-Alt> + Num6 + Num5 +
<Release-Alt>
(should give "A")?
You could also consider remapping your keyboard, i.e. for some
physical key replace a "useless/never used" character with
"~"
(tilde). Some initial links can be found at
http://www.maths.lth.se/help/windows/keyboard/.
Cheers
Henrik
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> Subject: [R] italian keyboard and ~ symbol
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> Dear All,
>
> I would like to ask the following:
>
> a colleague is using R 1.8.1 for Windows XP on his laptop.
> The keboard is the standard Italian layout, which is missing
> the ~ (tilde) key. For reasons unknown, typing <Ctrl> <Alt>
> 126, which I understand is the standard ASCII code, does not
> produce the desired symbol (any combination of keys seems to
fail...)>
> Can anyone advice how to produce the ~ symbol, short of a
> copy/paste from MS Word?
>
> Regards,
>
> Federico Calboli
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Dear All, I would like to ask the following: a colleague is using R 1.8.1 for Windows XP on his laptop. The keboard is the standard Italian layout, which is missing the ~ (tilde) key. For reasons unknown, typing <Ctrl> <Alt> 126, which I understand is the standard ASCII code, does not produce the desired symbol (any combination of keys seems to fail...) Can anyone advice how to produce the ~ symbol, short of a copy/paste from MS Word? Regards, Federico Calboli -- ================================ Federico C. F. Calboli Dipartimento di Biologia Via Selmi 3 40126 Bologna Italy tel (+39) 051 209 4187 fax (+39) 051 251 4286 f.calboli at ucl.ac.uk
Before using the sequence <Press-Alt> + Num1 + Num2 + Num6 + <Release-Alt> one has to make sure that the numeric keyboard is in NumLock mode, not in cursor mode. If it is in cursor mode, this trick will not work (at least it does not on my machine) Federico Calboli wrote:> On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 11:48, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > >><Press-Alt> + Num1 + Num2 + Num6 + <Release-Alt> where Num1, Num2 & >>Num6 are 1, 2 & 6 on the *numeric keyboard* (not the ones above the >>letter keys) will produce ASCII character 126 ("~", tilde) on my WinXP >>Pro in both Rterm and Rgui for R v1.8.1. Do you get anything at all? >>Does it work in any other Windows applications or dialogs (you >>mentioned Word)? What about <Press-Alt> + Num6 + Num5 + <Release-Alt> >>(should give "A")? > > > Rather annoyingly it does not work. > >>You could also consider remapping your keyboard, i.e. for some >>physical key replace a "useless/never used" character with "~" >>(tilde). Some initial links can be found at >>http://www.maths.lth.se/help/windows/keyboard/. >> > > > It appears it is the only option. > > Regards, > > Federico-- Erich Neuwirth, Computer Supported Didactics Working Group Visit our SunSITE at http://sunsite.univie.ac.at Phone: +43-1-4277-38624 Fax: +43-1-4277-9386
On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 11:48, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:> <Press-Alt> + Num1 + Num2 + Num6 + <Release-Alt> where Num1, Num2 & > Num6 are 1, 2 & 6 on the *numeric keyboard* (not the ones above the > letter keys) will produce ASCII character 126 ("~", tilde) on my WinXP > Pro in both Rterm and Rgui for R v1.8.1. Do you get anything at all? > Does it work in any other Windows applications or dialogs (you > mentioned Word)? What about <Press-Alt> + Num6 + Num5 + <Release-Alt> > (should give "A")?Rather annoyingly it does not work.> > You could also consider remapping your keyboard, i.e. for some > physical key replace a "useless/never used" character with "~" > (tilde). Some initial links can be found at > http://www.maths.lth.se/help/windows/keyboard/. >It appears it is the only option. Regards, Federico -- ================================ Federico C. F. Calboli Dipartimento di Biologia Via Selmi 3 40126 Bologna Italy tel (+39) 051 209 4187 fax (+39) 051 251 4286 f.calboli at ucl.ac.uk
Hi Federico: Try Alt Gr (which is the Alt key on the right hand side of the space bar key)+4 and that works on my XP. Gabriela
Usually in a laptop for using a keyboard as a numeric pad you must activate this function or, in other ones, is only necessary to press both "Fn" & "Alt" keys. e.g. <Fn><Alt> pressed and "j"(1) "k"(2) "o"(6). Saluti, Vittorio -----Original Message----- From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Federico Calboli Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:25 PM To: r-help Subject: [R] italian keyboard and ~ symbol Dear All, I would like to ask the following: a colleague is using R 1.8.1 for Windows XP on his laptop. The keboard is the standard Italian layout, which is missing the ~ (tilde) key. For reasons unknown, typing <Ctrl> <Alt> 126, which I understand is the standard ASCII code, does not produce the desired symbol (any combination of keys seems to fail...) Can anyone advice how to produce the ~ symbol, short of a copy/paste from MS Word? Regards, Federico Calboli -- ================================ Federico C. F. Calboli Dipartimento di Biologia Via Selmi 3 40126 Bologna Italy tel (+39) 051 209 4187 fax (+39) 051 251 4286 f.calboli at ucl.ac.uk ______________________________________________ R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Another way is to set italian and US keyboards (Start-->Settings-->Regional and Language Options; Languages-->Details..) in order to quickly switch with <Alt><Shift>. Ari-saluti, Vittorio -----Original Message----- From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of vfasciani Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 2:18 PM To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: RE: [R] italian keyboard and ~ symbol Usually in a laptop for using a keyboard as a numeric pad you must activate this function or, in other ones, is only necessary to press both "Fn" & "Alt" keys. e.g. <Fn><Alt> pressed and "j"(1) "k"(2) "o"(6). Saluti, Vittorio -----Original Message----- From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Federico Calboli Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:25 PM To: r-help Subject: [R] italian keyboard and ~ symbol Dear All, I would like to ask the following: a colleague is using R 1.8.1 for Windows XP on his laptop. The keboard is the standard Italian layout, which is missing the ~ (tilde) key. For reasons unknown, typing <Ctrl> <Alt> 126, which I understand is the standard ASCII code, does not produce the desired symbol (any combination of keys seems to fail...) Can anyone advice how to produce the ~ symbol, short of a copy/paste from MS Word? Regards, Federico Calboli -- ================================ Federico C. F. Calboli Dipartimento di Biologia Via Selmi 3 40126 Bologna Italy tel (+39) 051 209 4187 fax (+39) 051 251 4286 f.calboli at ucl.ac.uk ______________________________________________ R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html ______________________________________________ R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 12:38, Erich Neuwirth wrote:> Before using the sequence > <Press-Alt> + Num1 + Num2 + Num6 + <Release-Alt> > one has to make sure that the numeric keyboard is in NumLock mode, > not in cursor mode. > If it is in cursor mode, this trick will not work > (at least it does not on my machine) >It worked! Many thanks! Regards, Federico -- ================================ Federico C. F. Calboli Dipartimento di Biologia Via Selmi 3 40126 Bologna Italy tel (+39) 051 209 4187 fax (+39) 051 251 4286 f.calboli at ucl.ac.uk