Keyboard Numbers

Does anyone know if there is a standard for numbering the keys on a keyboard?

Example ( Q = 23, W = 24, E = 25)

I can't seem to find any information or pictures on this.

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dynamik

http://www.idautomation.com/ascii-table.html

tiersten

If you mean the actual layout of the keys then sort of. Each country has their own layout. Don't assume a key will always be where you expect it to be because laptops and ergonomic keyboards throw all of that out the window.

dynamik

Tiersten, I believe he's referring to the Character Encoding.

tiersten

dynamik wrote:

Tiersten, I believe he's referring to the Character Encoding.

The example given doesn't match up with any character encoding. Unless its just made up *shrug*

JDMurray

The IBM PC standardize the PC Keyboard Scan Codes, which are quite useful for programmers to know.

See also: Keyboard Scan Codes

Sie

jryantech wrote:

Does anyone know if there is a standard for numbering the keys on a keyboard?

Example ( Q = 23, W = 24, E = 25)

I can't seem to find any information or pictures on this.

I like to give them names and then talk to them throughout the day. Ok maybe not but how weird would that be?

jryantech in what respect do are you refering to numbering of the letters?

jryantech

Hey guys thanks for the replies, some good information.

I was asking because I'm messing around with a programming language from Princeton called ChucK and it has an offspring called SMELT which basically programs your keyboard into a piano and it was basically saying the key [1!] was mapped number 2, key [2@] was mapped number 3 and it was confusing me.

JDMurray

These are so new (or insignificant) that they doesn't have Wikipedia pages yet:

ChucK : Strongly-timed, Concurrent, and On-the-fly Audio Programming Language

SMELT: Small Musically Expressive Laptop Toolkit

The key-mapping codes aren't somewhere on the SMELT page?

jryantech

JDMurray wrote:

These are so new (or insignificant) that they doesn't have Wikipedia pages yet:

ChucK : Strongly-timed, Concurrent, and On-the-fly Audio Programming Language

SMELT: Small Musically Expressive Laptop Toolkit

The key-mapping codes aren't somewhere on the SMELT page?

Haha it is for music, it's basically a hobby but the language has been around since 2002 i believe.

And here is the Wikipedia for ChucK:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChucK

JDMurray

jryantech wrote:

And here is the Wikipedia for ChucK:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChucK

It must be quite a ways down on the search list. Everyone in Wikipedia named "Charles" or "Chuck" must come before it.

Are there any commercial programs that user ChucK or SMELT?

jryantech

JDMurray wrote:

jryantech wrote:

And here is the Wikipedia for ChucK:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChucK

It must be quite a ways down on the search list. Everyone in Wikipedia named "Charles" or "Chuck" must come before it.

Are there any commercial programs that user ChucK or SMELT?

Just type it as it is ChucK (cap on the K) and it goes straight to it.

Nothing commercial, the language is pretty sketchy but Princeton and some other schools have "Laptop Orchestras" that basically make a bunch of noise with there computers. Although I have seen(heard) some very good programs written that sound good.