How can I program letters with diacritics in Tuner?

shmarion

I would like to be able to type in French and simplify access to letters with diacritics (é, ê, è, ï, ç, etc.) I normally use a QWERTY keyboard and have been doing the Alt e + e for é, e.g., which also works on the Twiddler, but I would like to program that as a single chord instead (T2 F1M). When I try to add that chord in Tuner, it lets me type in the character as the Action, but when I click "Apply" the action shows EMPTY in the list even though the thumb and finger configurations are there. Apologies if this has already been addressed - I searched for relevant threads in this forum but did not find anything. Thank you!

Tony

Please check out the section for Non-English Character support in the Docs:
https://www.mytwiddler.com/doc/doku.php?id=nonenglishchars

If it doesn't make sense or doesn't work for you, please send your cfg file to Support@tekgear.com and we will review and work with you to resolve the issue.

Tony

The Twiddler does not store any letters or numbers. It only stores HID Codes. These codes are sent to your host when you press a chord. Your host determines what to show when it receives the HID Codes.

What you are describing is entering a Unicode code. This is much different than HID Code. The Twiddler can handle Unicode input. You just have to emulate what you do on a regular keyboard.

In Tuner, instead of typing the Unicode (Alt-0233) in Tuner to get "é" to show up in the Tuner text field.

Type the keystrokes you would use for the Unicode. For "é" type Alt-0233:

Now every time you press the chord it will send out: Left alt–keypad 0-keypad2-keypad 3-keypad 3- close left alt
Your OS will interpret that as a Unicode command and print "é" on screen.

shmarion

Update: per Tony on a separate email conversation, it appears that the issue is due to my being a Mac user, trying to type non-English diacritics on an OS tied to the US keyboard. They're working on a solution but it doesn't appear to be a simple fix.