Re: Dvorak for Brits?
"marzolian" <[email protected]> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:42:15 -0000
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--tM-kd0r0-RFnn2VSOSv3x0BjtaJmytbycHWhPWn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I once customized my keyboard using the KLC. It will produce the best resul= ts and it's greater for tinkerers, HOWEVER it will take you some time to in= stall and learn to use, and even then it's clumsy. My impression of the process was: it's as if you wanted to change the butto= ns on your car radio and you had to remove the transmission to do so.=20 Steven --- In [email protected], Kim Bastin <kimb@...> wrote: > > 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 `genuine' Windows layouts which > require no special software to run once installed. >=20 > Kim Bastin >=20 > 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. -- > >> marcus@... http://area42.mwbrooks.com chat (A/Y/G): > >> mwbrooks42 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> To Post a message, send it to: altkeyboards@... To > >> Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > >> altkeyboards-unsubscribe@...! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > To Post a message, send it to: altkeyboards@... To > > Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > > altkeyboards-unsubscribe@...! Groups Links > > > > > > > --tM-kd0r0-RFnn2VSOSv3x0BjtaJmytbycHWhPWn Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/htm= l4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style=3D"background-color: #fff;"> <span style=3D"display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-mlmsg" style=3D"position:relative;"> <div id=3D"ygrp-msg" style=3D"z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-text" > =20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 <p>I once customized my keyboard using the KLC. It will produce the b= est results and it's greater for tinkerers, HOWEVER it will take you some t= ime to install and learn to use, and even then it's clumsy.<br> <br> My impression of the process was: it's as if you wanted to change the butto= ns on your car radio and you had to remove the transmission to do so. <br> <br> Steven<br> <br> --- In <a href=3D"mailto:altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com">altkeyboards@yahoo= groups.com</a>, Kim Bastin <kimb@...> wrote:<br> ><br> > At <a href=3D"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964665">http:= //msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964665</a> you will find the<br> > Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, with which you can create your own<= br> > layout. The layouts it creates are `genuine' Windows layouts which<br> > require no special software to run once installed.<br> > <br> > Kim Bastin<br> > <br> > On 23/08/2011 06:00, Craig Richmond wrote:<br> > > I live in the UK but grew up with Australian keyboard layouts and= do<br> > > exactly as you suggest and just use those characters.<br> > ><br> > > At work I end up using insert character a lot because I have a<br= > > > Kinesis keyboard and the ALT-number-number-number shortcuts aren'= t<br> > > practical to use on it. Failing, that it might be time to figure= <br> > > out how to create a keyboard code page yourself or work around th= e<br> > > problem by installing some kind of utility to help you type the<b= r> > > characters you're looking for easier.<br> > ><br> > > Craig<br> > ><br> > > On 22 Aug 2011, at 20:20, Marcus Brooks wrote:<br> > ><br> > >> Hey guys, how do British PC users generate the ~ and =A3 keys= ? I<br> > >> heard from a Brit who says his =A3 key is mapped wrong in Win= dows<br> > >> Dvorak, and ~ is missing. Is there a fix?<br> > >><br> > >> FYI: In Mac OS X 10.6 US Dvorak, the tilde key is Shift-` (ne= xt to<br> > >> the 1 key), or Opt-n for the combiner, and =A3 is Option-3. -= -<br> > >> marcus@... <a href=3D"http://area42.mwbrooks.com">http://area= 42.mwbrooks.com</a> chat (A/Y/G):<br> > >> mwbrooks42<br> > >><br> > >><br> > >><br> > >><br> > >><br> > >> ------------------------------------<br> > >><br> > >> To Post a message, send it to: altkeyboards@... To<br> > >> Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:<br> > >> altkeyboards-unsubscribe@...! Groups Links<br> > >><br> > >><br> > >><br> > ><br> > ><br> > ><br> > > ------------------------------------<br> > ><br> > > To Post a message, send it to: altkeyboards@... To<br> > > Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:<br> > > altkeyboards-unsubscribe@...! 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