Wrong key mapping: ^ should be >

[Kampfgnom]

Hi everyone.

 

I am running OS X 10.5.4 on an ASUS P5W DH Deluxe and I am writing on a Cherry CyMotion Expert USB keyboard.

 

My Problem is, that the key mappings of ^/° (key next to 1) and </> (key next to y (german keyboard) or z (english)) are changed. I need these keys desperately for HTML

 

I tried to use the ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict but I cant get the ^ mapped to <...

{
       "°" = ("insertText:",">"); /* works */
       "\U005E" = ("insertText:","<"); /* doesnt work (unicode for ^)*/
       "\\^" = ("insertText:","<"); /* doesnt work*/
       "\^" = ("insertText:","<"); /* doesnt work*/
       "^" = ("insertText:","<"); /* doesnt work (surprise surprise)*/
}

Also it seems as if TextWrangler (editor of my choice) doesnt make use of the Cocoa Text System, so the DefaultKeyBinding.dict doesnt affect it.

 

Are there any other ways of getting the default key mapping back?

I know that there once was such a thread, but its really hard to find it again...

 

thanks in advance

[Riley Freeman]

The problem is that the default keylayouts in OS X don't take into account using PC/Windows keyboards. Grab this file from Microsoft and install it. It gives you PC-friendly keyboard layouts for most languages (including German). Just go to the International prefpane afterwards, and choose "German - Microsoft" from the Input Menu

[Kampfgnom]

Thanks for your help, but this solution didnt change anything. Same problem as before.

 

Also: Why did it work correctly in Tiger, if its apples fault? And: Why are two keys changed, that dont differ on Mac and PC keyboards? On my MBP the keys are positioned as they should.

[Riley Freeman]

Can't say for sure. Could just be a bug in Leopard. You could try using Ukelele to write a custom key layout.

 

One other problem I haven't figured out yet is how to change the default key layout. You don't get an option to replace the one chosen at set-up with the fixed one.

[Kampfgnom]

No one else has an idea... bad for me.

 

Another thought I had, why the ^ cant be remapped, is, that it is a deadkey. Perhaps it would work, if I could attach the keyboard with a Linux-X-Server-like "nodeadkeys" option. Someone knows if theres such an option on OS X? I would love it