Re: Dvorak for Brits?

Kim Bastin <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:50:11 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.altkeyboards
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At http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964665 you will find the
Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, with which you can create your own
layout. The layouts it creates are =91genuine=92 Windows layouts which
require no special software to run once installed.

Kim Bastin

On 23/08/2011 06:00, Craig Richmond wrote:
> I live in the UK but grew up with Australian keyboard layouts and do
> exactly as you suggest and just use those characters.
>
> At work I end up using insert character a lot because I have a
> Kinesis keyboard and the ALT-number-number-number shortcuts aren't
> practical to use on it.  Failing, that it might be time to figure
> out how to create a keyboard code page yourself or work around the
> problem by installing some kind of utility to help you type the
> characters you're looking for easier.
>
> Craig
>
> On 22 Aug 2011, at 20:20, Marcus Brooks wrote:
>
>> Hey guys, how do British PC users generate the ~ and =A3 keys? I
>> heard from a Brit who says his =A3 key is mapped wrong in Windows
>> Dvorak, and ~ is missing. Is there a fix?
>>
>> FYI: In Mac OS X 10.6 US Dvorak, the tilde key is Shift-` (next to
>> the 1 key), or Opt-n for the combiner, and =A3 is Option-3. --
>> [email protected] http://area42.mwbrooks.com chat (A/Y/G):
>> mwbrooks42
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