On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 01:05:13 +0100, Mats Blakstad wrote:
> After managing to add the keyboard to XKB I started on a new venture of
> trying to make a windows version of the keyboard using this:
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/globalization/keyboardlayouts.aspx
>
> It is nearly impossible to replicate as it seems like you can only add dead
> keys if they have a precomposed character.
This Windows limitation is indeed a significant drawback. You may wish to browse
the archive back and forth starting from here:
http://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2010-m01/0040.html
>
> Also, in Togo it is used double tones like these:
>
> "Ɛ̃́" LATIN CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON WITH TILDE AND ACUTE
> "Ɛ̃̀" LATIN CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON WITH TILDE AND GRAVE
>
> And windows do not even allow dead keys with double symbols...
I top on Philippe Verdyʼs reply. Serial dead keys are a Windows feature,
and implementing them is feasible around MSKLC although not in the GUI, as
its developer Michael Kaplan explained in a blog post that Doug Ewell shared in:
http://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2016-m10/0214.html
Actually Iʼm localizing in English an interactive, self-explaining script in batch
to facilitate generating the sources and layout drivers. It will soon be
for free download here:
http://charupdate.info#drivers
Even the EULA issue is settled, as you may read there.
Further I recommend to program the deadtrans list in C because this has the
advantage of working on a flat list, while in the .klc source it is grouped.
>
> So I wonder if it could be a solution for a precomposed double tone?
> So one unicode for tilde+acute and another for tilde+grave?
>
> The only way we manage to make the keyboard now is to add all the tones
> behind the letters instead of before the letters.
> I think in fact it seems easier than on French keyboard, but it will also
> break the French keyboard when it comes to what order you click buttons to
> add tones.
> I also think it would be a benefit to have the keyboard on windows and
> Ubuntu work mostly the same.
>
> Not sure if there are any other good ideas for how to solve it?
Additionally to Denis Jacqueryeʼs replies, I would mention again a software
that I believe is best fit to get what you need on Windows:
Keyman.
Keyman is now a part of SIL and is being made available for free.
http://keyman.com/
Best regards,
Marcel
>
> On 25 February 2016 at 09:35, Marcel Schneider wrote:
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