type() foreign symbol example

This is a major problem in Sikuli.
The only way I found working is using the OS-support for special chars, like holding the ALT-key and typing on numblock on windows (see http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/accents/codealt.html for more details).
As far as I experienced Sikuli, the typing works only right on a default English keyboard layout.
The problem is that Sikuli uses the Java AWT Robot which I found not really compatible with other keyboard layouts than English.

@ j-the-k
thanks for this link. one of the best sites about keyboards, foreign codes and unicode.
I have added it to the faq 933

@ j-the-k
thank you.

@ RaiMan
Can you give us example of your use here:

--- This is read into a key-value storage using clipboard (by eval()) and analyzed.
--- " \ and the diacritic characters (´`^~¨) need special handling
--- The result is a key-value storage, containing for all 256 extended ASCII characters the equivalents that have to be used with type(), to get the character you want.
--- So I am able to fully utilize my german keyboard and type() every text, that can be produced with this keyboard (since I use JRuby, it is easy to redefine the Region.type() method (actually it is the type_ch() method, that contains the translation), to use this "german" translation table)
--- I am using YAML to store and reload the tables

i`m newbie in python i`ll try with dictionary but it return all array:

def type_ger(line):
    for letter in line:
     type_german(letter)

def type_german(letter):
    return {

            'ü': type('['),
     'ö': type(';'),
         }[letter]
click(Pattern("pic.png").targetOffset(-151,53))
type_ger('ü')

it works
but it return all symbol from array and break with error:

[error] Stopped
[error] An error occurs at line 14
[error] Error message: Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\sikuli-tmp2204018246795003748.py", line 14, in
 type_ger('ü')
File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\sikuli-tmp2204018246795003748.py", line 3, in type_ger
 type_german(letter)
 File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\sikuli-tmp2204018246795003748.py", line 6, in type_german
 return {
KeyError: Ã

you do not need a def() "type_german" for that, the dictionary is sufficient:

e.g.

german = {u"ü":'[', u"ö":';'}

def type_ger(line):
    for letter in line:
     type(german.get(letter, letter)) # if the letter is not in the dict, the letter itself is typed
     # so the dict only needs to contain letters that has to be translated.

type_ger(u"Flöte")

tested on Mac with a textedit window

@RaiMan

Thank you for this!

german = {u"ü":'[', u"ö":';'}

def type_ger(line):
    for letter in line:
     type(german.get(letter, letter)) # if the letter is not in the dict, the letter itself is typed
     # so the dict only needs to contain letters that has to be translated.

type_ger(u"Flöte")

but it return ...

Fl;te

tested on Windows 7 x86 Ultimate with Notepad

Is really Fl;te typed in Notepad or is this just shown in the message area of IDE?

I cannot test it on Windows, since I do not have any pure Windows on a PC.

If you are running with a US/EN layout, than this will not work. The keyboard (even if it is US, it must be run as German).

If this does not work, you have to use paste() for the text part of your type()'s

Yes i`m running with US\EN layout.I`m working with element that need type() method...
Are there any other solution? What about your solution?

--- This is read into a key-value storage using clipboard (by eval()) and analyzed.
--- " \ and the diacritic characters (´`^~¨) need special handling
--- The result is a key-value storage, containing for all 256 extended ASCII characters the equivalents that have to be used with type(), to get the character you want.
--- So I am able to fully utilize my german keyboard and type() every text, that can be produced with this keyboard (since I use JRuby, it is easy to redefine the Region.type() method (actually it is the type_ch() method, that contains the translation), to use this "german" translation table)
--- I am using YAML to store and reload the tables

Can you short example ?

Thanks RaiMan, that solved my question.

Tips: In windows you can run charmap.exe and find any symbol ALT + key code number.

So funktioniert es auf meinem Rechner!

german = {u"ä":"0228", u"ö":"0246", u"ü":"0252"}

def type_ger(line):
    for letter in line:
        nums = german.get(letter, "")
        if nums == "":
            type(letter)
        else :
            keyDown(Key.ALT)
            for n in nums:
                eval( "type(Key.NUM" + n + ")")
            keyUp()

type_ger(u"Flöte")