--- Forwarded Message from John Stewart <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:48:48 -0500 >From: John Stewart <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7464 Radmind and OSX and languages >To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:02:07 EST, LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >--- Forwarded Message from Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]> - -- > >>Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 00:08:59 -0500 >>From: Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: Radmind and OSX and languages >>In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]> >>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum ><[log in to unmask]> >>User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.1.2418 > >Hello: > >Has anyone had success in using Radmind with OSX with multiple >fonts/keyboards? > >Thanks > > >Barbara > > >Barbara Sawhill >Director, Cooper International Learning Center >Oberlin College >Oberlin OH 44074 > >[log in to unmask] Hi Barbara; I'm assuming (and what does that make me? No comments from the MWALLT peanut gallery...) that you are ending up with only the boring US keyboard layout on your Radmind-managed machines? The activation of additional input methods in the menu bar is a user preference -- specifically: /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.HIToolbox.<MAC_addre ss>.plist The reason it's not being duplicated on other machines is that it is a "ByHost" preference, i.e., the preference is named with the MAC address of the machine. If that MAC address isn't the same as the machine it's running on, it will be ignored -- so the preference that's being blown out to all of your radmind machines has your master machine's MAC address, not their own. Most people seem to deal with this using a "ByHost Renamer" script -- that's what I use here, and it works fine. I'd suggest going to http://www.macosxlabs.org and doing a search for "byhost". There are a number of scripts available on that site, and several in-depth explanations. Let me know if you need more specific info on this. It requires wrapping your brain around it a bit, but is satisfying to accomplish. Jan