Ever tried to enter a long sequence of Roman numerals on a keyboard? They're all over the place - X, I, C, L, V. How ever did the Romans manage? (I heard somewhere that the failure of the Roman empire was because they had no zero to indicate a successful return value. [C/Unix joke])
To balance my keyboard out, the other side of the keys from my Arabic numeric keypad, I just want a neat array of IVXLCDM in a little square with a shift key for raising by a thousand. Perhaps also keys to defend bridges single-handedly, run kings out of town and serve me up a freshly-baked dormouse.-- pottedstu, Jan 08 2002 COMPVTER ROMANVS http://www.naturalmath.com/tool2.htmlNot for Barbarians [thumbwax, Jan 08 2002, last modified Oct 05 2004] Maybe you should just get an application that re-maps your keyboard to what you want or get software that automatically converts numbers to roman numerals.
I bet it exists.-- seal, Jan 08 2002 Looks like you already have -I [pottedstu]. Afraid I'm going to make it -II.-- phoenix, Jan 08 2002 How often do you use Roman Numerals? And binary, [Rods Tiger]? Ugh... Fishbone.-- Salty Ham, Jan 10 2002 Excel has a function that will change numbers in to Roman Numerals, and i'm pretty sure you can do the same in word...-- [ sctld ], Jan 10 2002 random, halfbakery