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Offline Mans

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I cannot type single or double quotes
« on: November 19, 2021, 03:44:02 pm »
Hello, I need some help:
in QB64 I cannot type the sinqle quote' and double quote" with the usual key.
So no I have to use Alt-034 and Alt-039.
I use QB64 x64 Version 2.0.2 Stable Realease on Windows 10.
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FellippeHeitor

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Re: I cannot type single or double quotes
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2021, 03:51:38 pm »
Alt+Shift to alternate to English keyboard, so it’ll work.
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Offline RhoSigma

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Re: I cannot type single or double quotes
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2021, 05:21:13 pm »
Hi @Mans,

Works with the regular keys on a german keyboard here (using CP437 in the Options>Language menu).

BTW - For all members who read this, I'd like to encourage everybody, please fill in the Location in your Forum User Profile. I mean nobody does need to reveal his entire address, but at LEAST the country would be extremly helpful for such language/keyboard/codepage related questions. Also we have members of many different countries here in the forum, which maybe can give help in someone's native language, if he/she's not that familiar with english.
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Re: I cannot type single or double quotes
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2021, 05:29:09 pm »
Great. Problem solved: i had to install and use the US keyboard instead of US international. Thanks!
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Re: I cannot type single or double quotes
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2021, 10:13:30 am »
Quote from: Mans on November 19, 2021, 05:29:09 pm
Great. Problem solved: i had to install and use the US keyboard instead of US international. Thanks!

On the US-International keyboard, the apostrophe and quote key is a 'dead' key - that is, it doubles as the acute and umlaut diacritic marks, so that if you type (for example) " then a, you'll get ä. To get the apostrophe or quote, press the key, followed by space.

If QB64 doesn't honor the system settings for keyboard and/or code page, you may get anomalous results - but I never had a problem with older versions.
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