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tabsrmm doesn't seem to honor current keyboard layout
 on: October 14, 2009, 02:45:15
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Hi,

A few months ago i changed to using a dvorak keyboard layout.  in windows i added the new keyboard and everything was pretty sweet.  Ever since then i've noticed that with miranda, when i bring up a new chat window (eg a user i haven't spoken with yet since the layout change) and i start typing in the input box, my text will come out as if i'm typing on a qwerty keyboard.  if i check the windows layout setting it still says i'm on dvorak, and to fix it i have to change the setting to qwerty then back to dvorak, and BAM it's fixed.  if this were a once off it wouldn't be a problem, however EVERY new person i talk to i have to do this - it's now annoyed me enough to make a post about it.

any ideas?  been happening since i started dvorak (about april or may this year i think)

cheers.

[edit] also, if i recreate my miranda profile i have to set the keyboard layout for each user all over again [/edit]
« Last Edit: October 14, 2009, 07:16:49 by omniwolf »
Re: tabsrmm doesn't seem to honor current keyboard layout
 Reply #1 on: October 14, 2009, 11:34:39
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I've never tested this with alternative keyboard layouts...

If you do not need "per contact" layouts, you can disable the option to remember them (and to be on the safe side, restart M thereafter). If this does NOT fix it, then the problem lies elsewhere, because with that option disabled, tabSRMM does not touch the keyboard layout.

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You must've hit the wrong any key.
Re: tabsrmm doesn't seem to honor current keyboard layout
 Reply #2 on: October 14, 2009, 22:34:09
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ok, i'll give it a go.

it's still something that needs to be fixed though.  it seems miranda uses the system default keyboard layout instead of the current user selection. 
Re: tabsrmm doesn't seem to honor current keyboard layout
 Reply #3 on: October 14, 2009, 23:03:32
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Quote from: omniwolf on October 14, 2009, 22:34:09
ok, i'll give it a go.

it's still something that needs to be fixed though.  it seems miranda uses the system default keyboard layout instead of the current user selection. 

Miranda itself doesn't touch the keyboard, as far as I know. SRMM or Scriver don't have the "autokeyboar layout" feature...

BTW: Which layout did you set as default in Windows?

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Re: tabsrmm doesn't seem to honor current keyboard layout
 Reply #4 on: October 15, 2009, 05:15:07
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i wouldn't have thought miranda touched the keyboard either, however i had exactly the same problem just then with one of the miranda option windows.  my typing was coming out funny, i checked the keyboard settings and they were dvorak, i set them to qwerty then back to dvorak and it worked fine.

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BTW: Which layout did you set as default in Windows?
i built this system with "English (Australia) - US" as the default.  that was probably over a year ago.  then a few months ago i changed to dvorak - "English (United States) - United States-Dvorak", which i assume (?) is a user setting.


btw unticking the per contact setting seems to have fixed it.
Re: tabsrmm doesn't seem to honor current keyboard layout
 Reply #5 on: October 15, 2009, 12:45:09
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Miranda itself will use the layout that is currently active for all its dialog.

I've checked the keyboard loading mechanism in tabSRMM and it is true that it loads the system default keyboard for a NEW contact (that is, for a contact for which you never had a chat window open). This can be changed to use the currently active layout... Of course, this requires the option to remember the keyboard layout to be enabled.

With that option enabled, tabSRMM will load the saved keyboard layout for a contact. So, when you change your default keyboard layout in Windows, Miranda cannot know this - the database still has the old layout saved for each contact you previously had a conversation with the old layout. This problem is not so easy to solve, because tabSRMM only reacts on keyboard layout changes when a message window is open for a contact and saves the new layout to Tab_SRMSG/locale in the contact's database record.

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Re: tabsrmm doesn't seem to honor current keyboard layout
 Reply #6 on: October 16, 2009, 04:29:23
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maybe a reload keyboard info button or something?  i'm sure you'll work something out :)
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