[softwarelist] Re: OvationPro (RISCOS) oddity

On 22 May, in article <fDGLmRH1nyUGFwBi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
  David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4ee71006a0tricia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tricia Garner 
> <tricia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >OvationPro version 277 has suddenly developed strange behaviour. When
> >typing text I cannot obtain the ordinary alphabet e.g. if I type a 't'
> >(without quotes) the character is an 'a' circumflex (again without
> >quotes), etc. Clearly I have done something dastardly, but I have no
> >idea what.

> I've no idea at the moment, I will cogitate.

> Wild guesses then. Abreviation applet? Some sort of other applet?

> OP has a clever keyboard module, I suppose getting that tied in a knot 
> might do strange things.

> If I was there I'd be inclined to type

> ABCDE

> then

> abcde

> see if there is a pattern. You can get the codes for the foreign 
> characters from the Chars window in OP (F11?).

Thanks, David. I have now done that and using my usual font of Trinity
medium, typing

ABCDE results in ASCII code characters 176, 177, 198, 180 and 181

abcde in 208, 209, 230, 212 and 213

Does this help at all?

-- 

Tricia


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