[Lexicog] Keyboard Layout Creator and .NET Framework

[Troy_C_Moore at SIL.ORG]

In the past I have been using a third party program (Keyman) to write
special Central African orthographies in Word, PageMaker, Shoebox, etc.
But third party programs have their drawbacks, and since Unicode fonts are
becoming more common, I am hoping to use only those keyboards that Windows
has or that I can customise with free Microsoft software.

The US International keyboard is a good example of what Windows can do and
is perfect for my English and French documents and probably is for many
other European languages too. The US International Keyboard is easy to
install (Control Panel, Regional Settings, Language [tab], Details
[button]). Of course, you can have more than one keyboard installed and
then switch between them at anytime. Therefore, my hope is to create my
own custom keyboards and install these as well.

You need to download Microsoft's "Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator." But
to run this program, you some of their development software, also free,
namely, "Microsoft .NET Framework SDK v1.1."  Keyboard Layout Creator is
presently running on my machine, but I have not yet had the time to finish
developing a keyboard (maybe I should be doing that instead of writing
this email !!?).

But the initial "feel" of the program gives me the impression that this
software will be pretty straightforward. I plan to develop keyboards for
three languages -- I will keep anyone who is interested posted.

Peace to you and yours, Troy C. Moore









"Benjamin J  Barrett" <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
14/09/2004 18:18
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The Interntional US keyboard is pretty intuitive for accents, the tilde
and the cedilla. For more extensive keyboarding, Microsoft offers a
keyboard creation utility that is easy to use. The only drawback I found
with my brief trials with it is that I couldn't program superscripted
letters, and I needed one to make a Makah keyboard.

Try searching at Microsoft. If that doesn't work and nobody else knows the
link, I'll try to go back and find it. I do remember you have to have an
extended something or another in order for it to work, but both the
extension and the keyboard creation utility are free.

HTH
Benjamin Barrett
Baking the World a Better Place (with the famous dog Pasco)
www.hiroki.us
-----Original Message-----
From: rba144 [mailto:rba144 at yahoo.com]

I've just started to research keyboard mapping utilities to use with
Windows XP.  Alt-C for C-wedge, that sort of thing...

Can anyone recommend a keyboard mapping utility that works well?
There must be something out there that works on most or all
PC-compatible applications, is glitch-free, easy to use, causes no
loss in speed, and is free or reasonably priced.

A friend/colleague who uses a Mac just gave me some links to keyboard
mapping; it lead in so many directions that I finally realized, "gee,
if I'm lost maybe I should ask directions."

Thanks,

Richard Applegate

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