FN+SYM key for special Characters-Need Help

[LeonMx]

Originally Posted by santod

You are just wanting to map the accent symbol? Or map all symbols?

I usually use only accent symbols...accent vocals and ñ (n with tilde) but it's very useful another symbols...
The file sym.0409.txt contains in simple text:

aáÃ*âäåąÃ£ăæ
AÃ�ÀÂÄÅĄÃƒĂÆ
cçćč©
CÇĆČ©
dð
D�
eéèêëę
EÉÈÊËĘ
iÃ*ìîï
I�ÌÎ�
lł
LŁ
nñ
NÑ
oóòôõöőøœ
OÓÒÔÕÖŐØŒ
pþ¶
Pþ¶
r®
R®
sşÅ¡ÃŸ
SŞÅ*ß
tţ
TŢ
uúùûüű
UÚÙÛÜŰ
yý
Y�
zźż
ZŹŻ
$€£¥
/\|
"'«»
([{<«
)]}>»
+±&-_
!¡?¿
.:,;
*#
@~
%^

so if you pres the FN+SYM keys, you will get the next "symbol" which follow the first symbol you had been entered. if you press again FN+SYM key combination gets the next symbol....and so on....in example.....
First: you enter "a" then you press FN+SYM so the character changes to "á" but if you press FN+SYM aGAIN you get "Ã*" and so on...
You can edit the sym.0409.txt file to re-order the sequence of the symbols appears first.

PS. Sorry for my "bad" English.

[santod]

Ok, I understand.

So this is similar to what you are after.

You can add a new keyboard layout file to your device windows folder, and change a specific "KeyboardlayoutFiles" registry value to point to that new file.


This small software package adds support for Scandinavian Ä and Ö characters to your HTC Touch Pro 2 device .
Char Ä will appear by pressing FN + A, and char Ö will appear by pressing FN + O buttons after installation.
Dash character - will be moved to button P, replacing the rarely used underscore _.
Download the installation cab here
Copy the file first to your device, then search the downloaded file with your devices' "File Explorer" program, and click the cab file to start the installation process. After installation completed, you must also "soft-reset" your device before the changes take effect. (Hold down the power button couple of seconds to soft-reset your device)
Cab contents

This software package does following changes to your device:.

• Adds a new keyboard layout file "eT9.Rhodium.fi.kmap.txt" to your Windows Mobile windows-directory
• Changes the registry key "HKLM\Software\Tegic\eT9\Ime\KeyboardLayouFile s" to point to the new file above

[LeonMx]

Originally Posted by santod

Yeah, I get that. I was trying to be clear that what was wanted and that his keyboard was functioning as it should, before trying to change things about.

There was a way to change the intended symbols for certain key presses on the TP1, but I don't know the method required to map it that way on the TP2.

Here is an example of the mappings for the Touch Pro 1. There was an editor made to change these entries. I do not have the info needed for the TP2.


****EXAMPLE**** TP1 Key mapping

//
// This file contains the virtual keys mapping table for the
// Raphael device World-Wide English QWERTY layout.

// The mapping table is defined as follows
//
// VK_TPOUND = 0x78
// VK_TSTAR = 0x77
// VK_TAB = 0x09
//
// We do not support escape value yet. So the key/char values should be
// entered explicitly or by encoding start with 0x
//
// Format:
// {VK VK1 VK2 CH1 CH2}
// VK -> value from keyboard driver
// VK1 -> key mapped, interpret by IME
// VK2 -> key to interpret when for press and hold
// CH1 -> symbols produced by Fn + key
// CH2 -> symbols in 123 mode
// CH4 -> Key Index


// Top Row

// {1 1 1 ! ! 0xff} // original layout

{@ @ @ % % 0xff}
{- - - ¢ ¢ 0xff}
{! ! ! $ $ 0xff}
{( ( ( & & 0xff}
{) ) ) # # 0xff}
{' ' ' 1 1 0xff}
{" " " 2 2 0xff}
{; ; ; 3 3 0xff}
{: : : * * 0xff}
{/ / / = = 0xff} // 0xBD = VK_OEM_MINUS
{- - - + + 0xff} // 0xBB = VK_OEM_PLUS


// Second Row

// {0x09 0x09 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xff} // TAB - 0x09 = VK_TAB
// {0x09 0x14 0x14 0x00 0x00 0xff} // TAB - 0x09 = VK_TAB, 0x14 = VK_CAPITAL

{Q Q Q Q Q 0x00}
{W W W W W 0x01}
{E E E E E 0x02}
{R R R R R 0x03}
{T T T T T 0x04}
{Y Y Y 4 4 0x05}
{U U U 5 5 0x06}
{I I I 6 6 0x07}
{O O O O O 0x08}
{P P P P P 0x09}

{0x08 0x08 0x08 0x2E 0x2E 0xff} // BACKSPACE - 0x08 = VK_BACK, 0x2E = VK_DELETE


// Third Row

// {0xEC 0xEC 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xff} // FN - 0xEC = FN
// {0x14 0xEC 0xEC 0x00 0x00 0xff} // CAPS - 0x14 = VK_CAPITAL, 0xEC = FN

{A A A A A 0x0a}
{S S S S S 0x0b}
{D D D D D 0x0c}
{F F F F F 0x0d}
{G G G G G 0x0e}
{H H H 7 7 0x0f}
{J J J 8 8 0x10}
{K K K 9 9 0x11}
{L L L L L 0x12}

{0xF2 0x0D 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xff} // ENTER - 0x0D = VK_RETURN


// Fourth Row

{0xA0 0x10 0x10 0x00 0x00 0xff} // SHIFT - 0xA0 = VK_LSHIFT, 0x10 = VK_SHIFT

{Z Z Z Z Z 0x13}
{X X X X X 0x14}
{C C C C C 0x15}
{V V V V V 0x16}
{B B B B B 0x17}
{N N N 0 0 0x18} // Zero
{M M M M M 0x19}
{? ? ? ? ? 0xff} // 0xBF = VK_OEM_2 = VK_SLASH

{0xF1 0x26 0x26 0x21 0x21 0xff} // UP - 0x26 = VK_UP, 0x21 = VK_PRIOR (PAGE UP)


// Bottom Row

// {0xA2 0x11 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xff} // OK, 0xA2 = VK_LCONTROL, 0x11 = VK_CONTROL
{0xEC 0xEC 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xff} // FN - 0xEC = FN
// {0xEB 0xEB 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xff} // SMS - 0xEB = SMS
// {0xEF 0xEF 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xff} // MSG - 0xEF = MSG
{0xE6 0xE6 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xff} // SYM - 0xE9
{0xEA 0x12 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xff} // T9 Menu - 0x12
{0x20 0x20 0x20 0x00 0x00 0xff} // SPACE - 0x20 = VK_SPACE

{, , , , , 0xff}
{. . . . . 0xff}

{0xF5 0x25 0x25 0x00 0x00 0xff} // LEFT - 0x25 = VK_LEFT
{0xF3 0x28 0x28 0x22 0x22 0xff} // DOWN - 0x28 = VK_DOWN, 0x22 = VK_NEXT (PAGE DOWN)

Oh....Ok...it's a start....

[CovKid66]

Just throwing this out there as an alternate solution...but you could use the Rhodium Keyboard Controller. Although I don't think you can use its emulate key action, you could use the "send text to active window". Using the "a" key as an example...

From the Keyboard Controller app...
Menu softkey
Add Key
Do NOT check the "Combine with FN key" box
Then press the "a" key on the physical keyboard
Key mode: Single/double click, long press
Event: Click
Action: Default key action [you have to do this in order to get the "a" key to send "a" when pressed normally
Then click on the Event drop-down and select either Double Click or Long Press [your preference although I'd probably go with Long Press]
Action: Send text to active window
Text to send: Press Fn+SYM to pull up the SYM window and find the á key
Method: Key emulation

This way you could assign one specific special character to the a, e, i, and so on, so that when you press and hold that key for a second or two [if you chose the long press event], or if you double tapped it [if you chose the double click event instead] the special a, e, or i would appear instead.

I'd have recommended you use the Fn+a key, as an example, but you'll run into problems with that. If the default for your keyboard is to insert another symbol with the Fn combination for that key (Fn+o on my keyboard inserts a hyphen for example), you'd loose that default symbol if you remap it. Therefore I'd suggest you either use the key with a double click or long press instead of the regular single click option within the Rhodium Keyboard Controller.

[LeonMx]

Originally Posted by CovKid66

Just throwing this out there as an alternate solution...but you could use the Rhodium Keyboard Controller. Although I don't think you can use its emulate key action, you could use the "send text to active window". Using the "a" key as an example...

From the Keyboard Controller app...
Menu softkey
Add Key
Do NOT check the "Combine with FN key" box
Then press the "a" key on the physical keyboard
Key mode: Single/double click, long press
Event: Click
Action: Default key action [you have to do this in order to get the "a" key to send "a" when pressed normally
Then click on the Event drop-down and select either Double Click or Long Press [your preference although I'd probably go with Long Press]
Action: Send text to active window
Text to send: Press Fn+SYM to pull up the SYM window and find the á key
Method: Key emulation

This way you could assign one specific special character to the a, e, i, and so on, so that when you press and hold that key for a second or two [if you chose the long press event], or if you double tapped it [if you chose the double click event instead] the special a, e, or i would appear instead.

I'd have recommended you use the Fn+a key, as an example, but you'll run into problems with that. If the default for your keyboard is to insert another symbol with the Fn combination for that key (Fn+o on my keyboard inserts a hyphen for example), you'd loose that default symbol if you remap it. Therefore I'd suggest you either use the key with a double click or long press instead of the regular single click option within the Rhodium Keyboard Controller.

I just download the 1.4 ver. but puts my screen in landscape (with the keyboard hided) and the hardware buttons don't work...so I uninstalled....
let me try again....

[CovKid66]

Originally Posted by LeonMx

I just download the 1.4 ver. but puts my screen in landscape (with the keyboard hided) and the hardware buttons don't work...so I uninstalled....
let me try again....

You did grab the CDMA and not the GSM version right? Also, FYI, I didn't realize there was a new version. I've been using 1.3.2 for sometime, so I'm not sure if anything has changed in terms of my step-by-step above. I'll give it a try tomorrow.

[LeonMx]

Originally Posted by CovKid66

You did grab the CDMA and not the GSM version right? Also, FYI, I didn't realize there was a new version. I've been using 1.3.2 for sometime, so I'm not sure if anything has changed in terms of my step-by-step above. I'll give it a try tomorrow.

Yes....a grab the CDMA version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...5&d=1258253690
The 1.4 ver. was released today....

[LeonMx]

Looks very interesting...SANTOD can you post the source link?

and thanks again for your help.

[CovKid66]

Thanks for the heads up...I just posted a new thread to let others know too.

[LeonMx]

Mmmmh, maybe I can try to change the Hardware Keyboard type to Spanish...Any idea how to do that?????? It's not the best choice for me ( I prefer the FN+SYM combo keys) but maybe it's the most quickly option.