Cyrillic keyboard layout for Windows XP

[Brewer, Michael]

Here are the relevant replies to my request for information on phonetic
keyboards and Windows XP.

If I have any keyboard/XP revelations when I am getting the computers here
at Arizona installed with Russian keyboards, I will post them to the list.

Michael Brewer

Hi.
I don't know how similar XP is to 2000; if it's an NT-based environment,
there might be overlap.  I found Paul Gorodecky's site helpful for
surmounting the obstacles that Microsoft builds into its operating system;
we were eventually to get a transliterated-style keyboard onto our network
here, although it puzzled even the computer specialists for awhile.
Here's the site:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PaulGor/
I don't know if he's updated the info to include XP or not, but he had a
good solution for Win2000, and a link to a keyboard editor that could edit
those keyboard definitions.  He also responded to a question that I asked,
and in general was very generous with his assistance.
Good luck,
Don Loewen
Asst. Prof. of Russian

Dear Michael,



XP makes it hard to change keyboard files.  Their keyboard files are now
.dll files and they don't allow you to mess with system files very much.
However, if you go to Paul Gorodansky's page
(http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PaulGor/kbd_eng.htm), you will
find a driver that is fairly easy to install.  His keyboard layout is not my
favorite, but it can be altered by following a link on his page.  The site
that has the software to help you do this is
http://www.klm.freeservers.com/.  I altered his layout and now my keyboard
works like the one I'm used to using.  Good luck.



Tony Qualin
-----Original Message-----
From: Brewer, Michael [mailto:brewerm at U.LIBRARY.ARIZONA.EDU]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 8:55 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Cyrillic keyboard layout for Windows XP


All,

I have been unable to get any solid information on what keyboard layouts are
available for Windows XP (both through Microsoft and from independent
vendors).  I have used Janko's Cyrillic Keyboard Generator in the past to
create kbd files for my own computer with great success.  In the XP
environment, however, this does not seem to work.  Additionally, these
keyboards will be used by students in a networked environment.  I would also
rather find a more comprehensive product (allowing for various other
non-Slavic languages all as part of a single package).  I know that
Microsoft has Multilingual Support, but, as I recall, beginning with Windows
97, they stopped offering more than one Russian keyboard layout option
(Standard Russian keyboard and a Yawerty type phonetic keyboard).  Does
anyone know if they have one or more phonetic keyboard options in their new
Multilingual package.  I was unable to determine this from their website and
felt more comfortable getting comments from those in the Slavic field.  Any
information would be much appreciated.

Please reply off list.  If there is interest, I can always submit the
answers I receive to the entire list.

Thanks,

Michael Brewer

Michael Brewer
Slavic Librarian
Fine Arts/Humanities Team
University Library, A401c
1510 E. University
P.O. Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
(520) 621.8366  FAX: (520) 621.9733

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