Russian mnemonic keyboard three letters missing: щ ч э

Anonymous
2012-12-24T05:08:49+00:00

It is nice that windows 8 added a mnemonic Russian keyboard.

Unfortunately there are three letters which I can not find: щ, ч and э.

These three letters exist in the standard Russian keyboard. They are at the following location (in the US  keyboard): o,x and '.

Without these three letters the mnemonic keyboard is useless

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Anonymous
2013-01-16T03:58:39+00:00

You just need to type multiple keys to get to those letters: For example some (not all) of them:

sh -> ш

ch -> ч

jo -> ё

je -> э

And this is just awesome. This means you just type the way it sounds and Russian letters just magically produced.

Chego eschjo xhelat'? -> Чего ещё желать?

Note that the left hand side is quite readable as is.

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2013-01-24T14:59:23+00:00

It is nice that windows 8 added a mnemonic Russian keyboard.

Unfortunately there are three letters which I can not find: щ, ч and э.

These three letters exist in the standard Russian keyboard. They are at the following location (in the US  keyboard): o,x and '.

Without these three letters the mnemonic keyboard is useless

One not very obvious aspect is the way the combination "ые" is typed, by the way. You actually need to hit the spacebar after typing [English] 'y', so that the keyboard knows you are in fact typing 'ы' and not the first element of ’э', which is entered using the English key sequence 'ye'. By contrast, if you want to type 'ые’ (as in 'красивые') you need to type '[krasiv]y[spacebar]e.'

Was frustrating for me before I figured that one out...

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-06-02T19:00:40+00:00
    1. What if you add Mnemonic, then Remove 'Russian' and then Add 'Russian' and remove 'Mnemonic", that is. try to remove and then add again 'Russian'?

    If it does not help:

    1. Try (it's totally safe) this:
    • download http://winrus.com/LangBarFix.zip
    • extract files from this zip-archive - should have now ctfmon.REG file in a folder
    • click on that file (make sure you see confirmation message that the information is in Registry now)
    • log-off from Windows and then Login again

    The purpose of the above steps is to re-activate MS Windows "language switch" module - CTFMON

    :)

    1. I've got an idea (just a guess) why setup.exe did not work for you - please try again but this way:
    • right mouse click and choose 'Run as Administrator'

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-06-02T18:23:54+00:00

    BTW, I should add that I have tried shutting down /restarting, and it doesn't seem to make a difference. There's still no way to switch between ENG and RUS (and no indicator in the tray that there are multiple languages installed).

    If I choose the 'mnemonic' option under 'add an input method,' the icon shows up in the tray, and I can switch between languages. So that's still working.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-06-02T18:18:36+00:00

    Thanks very much, Paul. I appreciate your patience and helpfulness.

    Good to know about the cosmetic issue. Yes, both English and Russian show up as options, but there's no way (evidently) to switch between them. Neither the windows/spacebar nor the old left-alt shift option works.

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