Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Windows regional setting: Thai non-ShiftLock keyboard

Microsoft does not describe formally what does it mean. Closest-useful one from Internet searching is "Thai Kedmanee (non-ShiftLock) Keyboard Layout".

This table compares results when we (1) hold on [Shift] key and (2) toggle [CapsLock] key.

Layout Normal Shift key is held CapsLock is on
English (US) asdf 1234 ASDF !@#$ ASDF 1234
Thai Kedmanee ฟหกด ๅ/-ภ ฤฆฏโ +๑๒๓ ฤฆฏโ +๑๒๓
Thai Kedmanee (non-ShiftLock) ฟหกด ๅ/-ภ ฤฆฏโ +๑๒๓ ฟหกด ๅ/-ภ
Red colouring denotes outputs different from physical/mechanical typewriter.

Conclusion
  1. Computer keyboard programmes CapsLock key slightly different from physical/mechanical typewriter. Another words, computer keyboard means caps-lock whereas typewriter means shift-lock.
  2. For Thai keyboard layout, non-ShiftLock disables CapsLock key.

For more about Thai keyboards, see "The Keyboard Layouts and Input Method of the Thai Language" (1993).

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