Unable to find the brackets HELP
SuGenma
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Hello,
I recently bought a KUU brand computer. The default keyboard is QWERTY, but there was a sort of second keyboard in AZERTY included in the package that you simply lay on top of the QWERTY keyboard.
So, I configured the keyboard to French (Belgium) and therefore AZERTY and everything is fine, the symbols are in their place, etc.
However, it's impossible to type angle brackets; there is no key for this symbol and no matter what combinations I try, nothing works.
Since I don't have a numeric keypad, I can't use the ASCII table.
I've also seen online that without a numeric keypad you can use ASCII with ALT Fn, but that doesn't work either.
Does anyone have a solution knowing that this is a symbol I need to type frequently for my computer science (coding) classes?
Thanks in advance to those who will try to help me.
I recently bought a KUU brand computer. The default keyboard is QWERTY, but there was a sort of second keyboard in AZERTY included in the package that you simply lay on top of the QWERTY keyboard.
So, I configured the keyboard to French (Belgium) and therefore AZERTY and everything is fine, the symbols are in their place, etc.
However, it's impossible to type angle brackets; there is no key for this symbol and no matter what combinations I try, nothing works.
Since I don't have a numeric keypad, I can't use the ASCII table.
I've also seen online that without a numeric keypad you can use ASCII with ALT Fn, but that doesn't work either.
Does anyone have a solution knowing that this is a symbol I need to type frequently for my computer science (coding) classes?
Thanks in advance to those who will try to help me.
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Hello,
The problem is therefore less related to the absence of a numeric keypad than to the fact that it is indeed an AZERTY keyboard, but rather to the reduced number of keys.
This complicates the issue, the solutions are (the Fn keys only work for keyboard models where they assign numbers to identified letter keys, often in blue):
-copying the 2 special characters from the character map, for example in a specific text file on the desktop from which to do a copy-paste
-keyboard emulators: built-in Windows virtual keyboard, Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102134, AutoHotKey key remapping script https://www.autohotkey.com/.
-and the one I prefer instead of stressing out: buy an external USB keyboard for less than €10. -
Hi SuGenma,
▶ brucine: "<i>character table for example in a specific text file on the desktop from where we will do a copy paste</i>": It's not great when you're coding (characters often used)! I would even say it’s very annoying!
"<i>buy an external USB keyboard for less than €10</i>": Indeed, not very elegant but it’s a more practical option! At least for now!
Regards!
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