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ReadMe file for the International Keyboard Handler Generator vn 2.08
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The !IKHG (International Keyboard Handler Generator) application has been
produced as a route by which users and others - mainly international
distributors - can re-map the keyboard layout to produce keyboards suitable
for use with languages other than English. Refer to the User Guide and the
RISC OS Programmer's Reference Manual for more general information.
Simply double-click the application icon in the usual way; in response to
the question "For what country is the module to be created?" you must enter
a country name 'known about' by the International module you are using. RISC
OS 2.00 (International module 1.13) knows about the following 'countries':-
Default UK Master Compact Italy Spain France Germany Portugal
Esperanto Greece Sweden Finland Denmark Norway Iceland Canada1
Canada2 Canada ISO1
Additionally, the International module 1.14 also knows about Russia and
Russia2 (Russia2 uses the 'IBM Russian' character set) and provides the
ISO8859 Cyrillic alphabet and the IBM Cyrillic alphabet. International
module version 1.14 is RMEnsured by !IKHG version 2.07 and later, and
should therefore also be RMEnsured when using InternationalKeyboard
modules produced with this version of !IKHG.
Follow the instructions given by the on-screen help text produced by the
program. The InternationalKeyboard module(s) produced by the program can be
soft-loaded and will replace the corresponding ROM module in the normal way.
Shift-Escape will usefully abandon the program entirely (but any changes
will be lost); Escape leaves the mapping portion, and enters the compiling
phase (which is uninterruptible). !IKHG needs 768k to run.
A note of guidance - don't re-invent the wheel. If the PC world has already
adopted a particular National layout don't invent a different one, no matter
how poor you think the apparent de facto standard one might be; produce a
'pure' superset if you need ready access to additional characters, and try
to follow a logical sequence if you do expand the repertoire. Also, bear in
mind that future keyboards may have the "104th" key added (immediately to
the right of the left-hand shift key); for countries which would normally
have this key, it is suggested that it is programmed both in 'position 104'
and e.g. the '¤£' key (immediately to the left of the backspace/delete key).
This software may be copied freely for use with any computer system
containing the RISC Operating System ("RISC OS") but it may not be altered
in any way or sold without the express written permission of Acorn Computers
Limited ("Acorn"). If this software is copied it must be copied complete
with all its associated files including this ReadMe file. The modules
created by this software may be separately copied freely for use on any
computer system containing RISC OS but may not be sold without the express
written permission of Acorn.
Copyright © Acorn Computers Limited 1990
16th February 1990