Clever tip for international users, regarding "Sym"

[Bonzo]

You can change the order of the characters when using the Sym key!

I'm Norwegian, so I use ÆØÅ a lot!
Normally, I'd have to press "a" and then "Sym" 9 times to get "æ".
Now, I press "a" and "Sym" one time!

All you have to do is edit the "\Windows\sym.txt" file..

Here is the original one:

aàáâäåąãăæ
AÀÁÂÄÅĄÃĂÆ
cçćč©
CÇĆČ©
dð
DÐ
eèéêëę
EÈÉÊËĘ
iìíîï
IÌÍÎÏ
lł
LŁ
nñ
NÑ
oòóôõöőøœ
OÒÓÔÕÖŐØŒ
pþ¶
Pþ¶
r®
R®
sşšß
SŞŠß
tţ
TŢ
uùúûüű
UÙÚÛÜŰ
yý
YÝ
zźż
ZŹŻ
$€£¥
/\|
"'«»
([{<«
)]}>»
+±&-_
!¡?¿
.:,;
*#
@~
%^

I guess you understand how to edit it?
I just moved "æ" from the end of the line, to the second place on the first line..

Now, I can't take credit for this..
I got it from Dangaard!

But I though I'd share it anyway, because Dangaard requires you to give a valid IMEI number to get such info from them..

[lbendlin]

Very nice find, comes in handy for the german umlaute too.

It's worth mentioning that this file is Unicode and must be edited with a Unicode capable editor. You can't do that on the device.

Before copying the new version you also need to remove the read only flag from the original file (And ignore all the Warnings about overwriting ROM files...)

[Soft]

Takk for det :-)
Tnx.. and I think if you save a word doc with a norwegian dictionary the JasJar will be able to use that for spelling sugestions ?, someone tried this ??


Kim

[MCEITLIN]

Great Find!

I aften have to write in Portuguese which means I need ç, ã é à and all other odd characters. BUT, I have a question.
Can you just copy the SYM.TXT file from the device to your computer edit it and copy it back? Does file explorer grant you access to do that or does one need a special app to do that?

Cheers

[thaihugo]

You can use the normal file explorer on you pocket pc. Just copy the sym.txt to another name to edit it, then put it back in the windows folder under the sym.txt name. It will overwrite the original until you delete it, where you get the original settings back.

[V-Ger]

Thanks for a great tip! Is there perhaps some similar method for editing symbols on the on-screen keyboard?

[X-Schorsch]

Thanks a lot for this tuning.
I´ve one more question to symbols in documents like the german umlaute. I use the transcriber in my MDA pro. But its only the english language chooseable. Is there also any possibility to change this input program to german/greek...?

X-Schorsch

[divi]

Is there perhaps some similar method for editing symbols on the on-screen keyboard?
I use Resco Keyboard Pro - thet is good software for all UNICODE :-) on on-screen keyboard.
Look link:
http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/keyboard/default.asp

[divi]

Thanks a lot for this tuning.
I use the transcriber in my MDA pro. But its only the english language chooseable. Is there also any possibility to change this input program to german/greek...?
X-Schorsch
Many software are on net to scribe on screen whit special UNICODE letter (greek, rusian etc.). Good is "Kalamus" or something that name and look link on good resco scribe software:
www.resco-net.com or www.resco.net it is same.

[divi]

[quote=X-Schorsch]Thanks a lot for this tuning.
I use the transcriber in my MDA pro. But its only the english language chooseable. Is there also any possibility to change this input program to german/greek...?
X-Schorsch
On the net are many software to scribe on screen whit special UNICODE letter (greek, rusian etc.). Good is "Kalamus" or something that name and look link on good software:
www.spbsoftwarehouse.com

[delor]

Very nice find, comes in handy for the german umlaute too.

It's worth mentioning that this file is Unicode and must be edited with a Unicode capable editor. You can't do that on the device.

Before copying the new version you also need to remove the read only flag from the original file (And ignore all the Warnings about overwriting ROM files...)


good plan- if i knew how to remove the "read only" restriction. i had the file edited and all, but couldn't paste it over. can you tell me how?

thanx!!

dennis

[lbendlin]

Resco Explorer or CE Commander do the trick.

[DJ Palmis]

But I though I'd share it anyway, because Dangaard requires you to give a valid IMEI number to get such info from them..

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!
In this days i'm writing a scientific document.. And i NEED of Greek Symbols.. I solved the problem with your tip!
Thank you to share with us!