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Character Translation – dialog box
The list displayed in this dialog is the translation table. The translation table is used for converting
characters to key codes. By customizing the translation table, special keys and international
characters can be assigned to certain character values.
The translations that has been modified is marked with an asterisk.
There are 256 translations in the table, one for each possible character value. In the table below
the different columns in the list are described.
Column
Character
ASCII
Key Code
Active
Shift
Ctrl
Alt
Caps
Diacritic
Extended
To customize a translation, select it in the list and then click on the Edit button. The dialog box Edit
Character Translation is displayed.
The OK button confirms any changes you've made in the translation table. The Cancel button
cancels any changes.
Tip! You can quickly jump to a customized translation by clicking in the list and then writing the
asterisk character (*).
When you click on the Default button you get the following question:
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Description
The character the translation is for. For the characters with ASCII values between
0 and 31 the names of the control characters are displayed. This is because
control characters can't be represented as symbol.
The ASCII value of the character. Both decimal and hexadecimal.
The key code the character is translated into.
Specifies whether the translation is active or not. The characters that doesn't
have an active translation is filtered and doesn't generate any key presses.
Specifies if the Shift key should be used in combination with the basic key code
(Key Code ).
Specifies if the Ctrl key should be used in combination with the basic key code
(Key Code ).
Specifies if the Alt key should be used in combination with the basic key code
(Key Code ).
Specifies if the character/key is affected of the Caps Lock key. This is only used
for letter keys.
Specifies if the key is a so called dead key. See Edit Character Translation for
more information.
Specifies if the key should have extended status set.
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