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When typing in a terminal screen, the characters on the display should match those on the keyboard.
When typing in a terminal screen, the characters on the display should match those on the keyboard.

(This should not only work for the Terminal activity, but also for the console. --[[User:Chihyu|Chihyu]] 01:51, 11 January 2008 (EST))
(This should not only work for the Terminal activity, but also for the console. --[[User:Chihyu|Chihyu]] 01:51, 11 January 2008 (EST))



Revision as of 06:51, 11 January 2008

Terminal Characters

When typing in a terminal screen, the characters on the display should match those on the keyboard.

(This should not only work for the Terminal activity, but also for the console. --Chihyu 01:51, 11 January 2008 (EST))

Setup

  • Use an MP laptop with security disabled.
  • Set mfg-data according to the SKU/Country found here: mfg-data.
  • For reference use the OLPC_Keyboard_layouts for the specific language you are testing

Actions

  1. Open the Terminal Activity
  2. Click in the Terminal window, so that you can start typing there
  3. Type each character (lower-case and upper-case in both English and the language of the laptop)
  4. Also type each Alt-GR character

Verify

  • If you have the correct keyboard for the language you are testing, then each character on the keyboard should the character that appears on the screen.
  • If you don't have the correct keyboard, use the reference keyboard from OLPC_Keyboard_layouts as the guide.

Write Font

The default font for Write should be set such that the correct character set is displayed.


Actions

  1. open the write activity
  2. type a few lines

Verify

  • the default font of the write activity is the language of the laptop