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Peter da Silva wrote: >> Why they hid this in "Keyboard Shortcuts" I have no idea. > > Every release of OS X has hidden more stuff in really fucked up places > in Preferences. Speaking of hiding stuff, whomever decided in 10.3 that it would be a great idea to turn the simple "Keyboard Viewer" and "Character Palette" applications into a piece of a library component which is a CLIENT of a keyboard viewer SERVER... I mean my GOD it shows you a keyboard, its not a freakin database! And make it accessable only via the International Preferences menu with the actual app hidden in, are you ready? /System/Library/Components/KeyboardViewer.component/Contents/SharedSupport/KeyboardViewerServer.app needs to be smacked with a dvorak keyboard. The answer to "How do I type a euro symbol?" on an American keyboard used to be easily answerable by opening up the "Key Caps" or "Keyboard Viewer" application which lived with all the others. Now its... * Go to your System Preferences * Go to "International" (what? not Keyboard and Mouse?) * Go to "Input Menu" * Turn on "Keyboard Viewer" * Turn on "Show input menu in menu bar" * Find the little flag on your already cluttered menu bar * Click on it. * Choose "Show Keyboard Viewer" * Done using it? Now go back into the preferences and shut off the input menu. What a mess. Fortunately the recently maligned Applescript offers a way out. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051022020253863&query=keyboard%2BviewerThere's stuff above here
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