[R] italian keyboard and ~ symbol

[Erich Neuwirth]

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

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