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- From: tw116@cus.cam.ac.uk (T. Wright)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.introduction
- Subject: Re: Keymaps
- Date: 16 Apr 1996 23:03:09 GMT
- Organization: University of Cambridge, England
- Message-ID: <4l18vd$fnj@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
- References: <4kqul9$bt@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <9604151910.AA007ms@startide.demon.co.uk>
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- In article <9604151910.AA007ms@startide.demon.co.uk>,
- Richard Lavey <richard@startide.demon.co.uk> wrote:
- >T. Wright (tw116@cus.cam.ac.uk) led us to believe
- >in <4kqul9$bt@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> that...
- >> Does anyone know how to edit keymaps? I tried looking at them with a
- >> binary editor but couldn't spot any pattern.
- >
- >> I would like to use the typographical symbols (quotes, em-dash etc.) which
- >> are there in some of the decent CG or PS fonts with WW, FW etc., but
- >> ignored by almost all the Amiga programs. I would like to remap them to
- >> some of the weird symbols (a,u with strange accents for example).
- >
- >> I did try a keymap editor, but Wordworth didn't seem to use the new symbols
- >> in its fonts - not the ones I wanted anyway. I know they are there, as that
- >> TypeSmith demo on Aminet CD something recognised them - ASCII around 170.
- >
- >Try Aminet :
- >
- >EditKeys163.lha util/misc 40K 11+Keymap file editor
- >KeyMapEd.lha util/misc 25K 128+Keymap Editor
- >kme.lha util/misc 49K 191+Another keymap editor v1.2
- >
- >You realise that all the extended chars are accessible by using the Alt and
- >Alt+Shift keys when pressing the normal keys, don't you ?
- >
- >E.g Pressing alt + e brings up a copyright symbol () on the standard GB
- >keymap.
- >
- >Hope this helps.
- >--
-
- Tried this. The problem is, Wordworth (and Typesmith) do not recognise
- the new keymaps properly. They notice a difference, but insert different
- ASCII characters e.g. they say I have pressed ASCII 188 when the keymap
- should give 170 etc. It is OK with moving standard printing characters
- around to different keys though.
-
- Trevor
-