[OSM-dev] potlatch shortcuts

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

>>
>> > to avoid using characters as
>> >
>> > '§' or '`' to cycle between preset menus.
>> >
>> > because many non english keyboards (italian-french-german AFAIK)
>> > have'nt
>> > that chars
>>
>> See http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/954 ; consequently some of
>> the keyboard handling has been written for 0.10. The idea behind the
>> cycle presets keypress is that it should be next to 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc.,
>> because those then select from the preset menu; I'd be interested to
>> know (via the keycode link in the trac ticket) what Flash returns for
>> that key on a non-UK keyboard.
>>
>> cheers
>> Richard
>
> FYI, US keyboards don't have a '§' key, either. The key to the left of 1 is
> backtick ('`') with tilde ('~') when shifted.
>
> Karl
>

german keyboards have the "§" on shift-"3", left of 1 is "^" and right
of 0 we have "ß" (which no other keyboards will have). Even more right
to this there is ´. Please don't confuse with ` and ' and " and ^ and
° ....

Martin