Author Topic: how to enter tilde in HHKB Pro2? (Read 5672 times)

tedji · « **on:** Tue, 24 February 2009, 15:34:17 »

Hello,

Anybody know how to enter the tilde character in HHKB Pro2?

Thanks in advance,

Ooops .. never mind I just saw it on the far right hand corner of the kb.

Sorry.

Ted

cmr · « **Reply #1 on:** Tue, 24 February 2009, 16:06:34 »

i was gonna say... not much of a hacking keyboard if my homedir doesn't get a dedicated button...

bigpook · « **Reply #2 on:** Tue, 24 February 2009, 16:20:41 »

I think all modern keyboards have a tilde key, its just not always where I expect it to be : )

tedji · « **Reply #3 on:** Tue, 24 February 2009, 22:51:23 »

That's what I was thinking and was expecting at the left hand side and was looking at the keyboard from all angles because it didn't make any sense. Was I glad when I found it! HHKB Pro 2 is a very nice keyboard.

tamasrepus · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 25 February 2009, 02:23:14 »

The HHKB uses a Solaris keyboard layout, which places the tilde/backtick key in the top right of the keyboard.

You get used to it fast...

tedji · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 25 February 2009, 22:16:36 »

I was looking at a sunfire v240 server and it has USB ports can I simply hook up the HHKB to it? Also, how do one hook up a monitor the old days we used to have Dec VT terminals with the display and the kb in one unit.

D-EJ915 · « **Reply #6 on:** Thu, 26 February 2009, 10:40:48 »

the 240 has a cisco style console connection and no built-in video, however if you grab a pci-based mac video card it should work. The hhkb plugged into it should also work but it wouldn't do much good without the monitor.

http://docs.sun.com/source/819-4206-10/figures/gettingstarted-6.gif

looks like it's got a regular db-9 on there too. Just hook up a null modem cable in between there and your pc and run hyperterminal or putty

tedji · « **Reply #7 on:** Thu, 26 February 2009, 17:07:18 »

It sounds like a good starting solution would be use the null modem cable and connect through a pc and use the hhkb as you suggested.

Thanks.

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Author Topic: how to enter tilde in HHKB Pro2? (Read 5672 times)