Comment 13 for bug 13346

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reh4c (gene-hoffler) wrote :

Using Dapper Flt 5, I chose a 106-key Japanese keyboard from the installation options. Then, during the installation process, I chose a Japanese keyboard from the list during the setup steps. From what I remember, there was only 1 choice named "Japanese," so I selected it. Finally, after Dapper finishes installing, the default keyboard is 104 intl pc, instead of a Japanese keyboard (either 105 or 106 key). Then, I try to tell Dapper under System-Preferences-Keyboard that my Keyboard Model is "Japanese 106-key," but this doesn't appear to change anything. Keep in mind that I want to use English characters and international symbols on a Japanese 106-key compatible laptop keyboard that has standard Japanese characters and English letters. I want the default language to remain English. For example, when hit "shift" and "2", I should see a " displayed, not @. So, I guess there are 2 problems here.
1. Setting the default keyboard to 106-key Japanese during the installation and having this setting remain in effect when the installation completes
2. Selecting a 106-Japanese keyboard correctly aligns what's on the keys with what is displayed as typing output on the screen.

From what I remember, I did not have this problem in Breezy. If I changed the keyboard model to Japanese 106-key, the output from typing matched what appeared on the screen. Finally, don't you think the terminology used for Keyboard Preferences is confusing? I really don't understand the difference between keyboard model and keyboard layout. Is keyboard layout actually the language selector? Also, isn't a 106-key keyboard an actual layout vice a model type??? Thanks.