FW: [SEELANGS] Mac System X and Cyrillic keyboards

[David Andrews]

Dear SEELANGERS:

Several people requested that I reply to the list if/when I was able to
resolve my problem with Cyrillic keyboard layouts and Mac System X, and I am
happy to be able to do so now.  Ben Rifkin and Dianna Murphy both forwarded
me the instructions below; I followed the ones for 10.2, and am now up and
running.  (Thanks also to the two other people who sent me similar
instructions.)

As you will read, all you have to do is add ".rsrc" (without the quotes) to
the name of a keyboard layout and add it into the keyboard layout folder in
the user's library.  Then you can go and select the keyboard under the
International icon in Systems Preferences, and the keyboard will appear in
the menu just like before.  One caveat: At first I was having a problem
because I was trying to add fonts and keyboards to the library in the System
X folder itself, and I kept getting the message that these folders could not
be modified.  Where they had to go was in the library under the "Users"
folder.  This is something different for Mac users, who have always been
used to being able to modify the system directly.

Best regards,
David Andrews

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From: Benjamin Rifkin <brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:32:25 -0600
To: andrews at georgetown.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Mac System X and Cyrillic keyboards

Dear David:

Try this ---

http://cet.middlebury.edu/QWERTYCyrillic.sea.hqx

(best phonetic Macintosh keyboard I have ever used)

+ this information

Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)
If you have Jaguar installed, the keyboard installation is a breeze. All you
need is find your favorite OS 9 keyboard file, add .rsrc extension to its
name and put it in /Library/Keyboard Layouts folder. After that log out and
log back in. Your keyboard will be listed in the International control
panel.
If you don't have an OS 9 keyboard that you are accustomed to, you can grab
Russian Phonetic and Ukrainian Phonetic keyboards from me. In both
keyboards,
you can use Option key to access English letters.

Mac OS X 10.1
If you don't have Jaguar, then things are a bit harder. The steps below are
not for the weak at heart, since they assume knowledge of ResEdit and use of
Terminal. You will also need to get copy of QuickConvert utility. If you
have
no experience with ResEdit, don't have OS 9 phonetic keyboard or just don't
want to mess with it, then you can get copy of my Localized.rsrc file and
follow instructions below. My Localized.rsrc contains both Russian and
Ukrainian phonetic keyboards. The Ukrainian Keyboard layout was graciously
contributed by Yuri Yanchyshyn.

1.  Using Finder copy
/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.
fr

amework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/Localized.rsrc to your Documents
folder.
2.  Make backup of this file somewhere.
3.  If you have downloaded my Localized.rsrc file, copy it to the Documents
folder and skip to step 7.
4.  In the Finder drag the Localized.rsrc file onto QuickConvert utility. It
will move resources from data fork into resource fork.
5.  Then you can open the Localized.rsrc file in ResEdit. Here you can
modify
built-in any keyboard layout or copy and paste your phonetic keyboard
resources (all except alis) from your keyboard file into Localized.rsrc.
Assign it non-conflicting id number right after built-in Russian layout.
Save
and close Localized.rsrc.
6.  Drag Localized.rsrc on top of QuickConvert again. It will switch
resources from resource fork back to data fork.
7.  Copy modified Localized.rsrc file back by typing this in Terminal (no
quotes, one line) "sudo cp ~/Documents/Localized.rsrc
/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.
fr

amework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/".
Note: this is necessary because copying back requires root privileges. It
will ask you for root password.
8.  Logout and log back in. You should now have your new keyboard listed in
the International control panel.

I hope this is helpful!

All my best,

Ben



>Dear Mac-user Colleagues:
>
>We have just gotten new computers at work, and I am now on Macintosh System
>X.  My problem: the phonetic (AATSEEL/QWERTY) keyboard layouts, including the
>one I had on my computer before and all the ones available on the AATSEEL web
>site, don't seem to work with System X.  Does anyone have a solution, or else
>some System X-compatible software to recommend?  If so, I'd be grateful if
>you'd reply to:
>
>andrews at georgetown.edu
>
>Best regards,
>David Andrews
>Georgetown University
>
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