Typophile

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This is Windows-specific � and I don't know how many here use the less fair OS � but I�ve been playing around with this tool:

http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx

To remap some of my lesser used keys to glyphs that are harder to get to (em-dash, �fancy� quotes, etc.) � not, as is the usual purpose it seems, for language-specific issues. I figured out its diacritics, but it�s an awful lot of work to program each, and I imagine someone�s already done this. Anyone have a layout already done?

unknown

I don't have a layout such as you describe, but I have used the MS Keyboard Layout Editor quite a lot making a couple of Biblical Hebrew keyboard drivers. Surely it's not really much work to swap a few characters around as you suggest. Do you have a specific layout planned?

unknown

Swapping the characters is itself a breeze, it�s the programming of diacritic combinations (e.g., accent aigu and all the vowels) that begins getting a bit taxing. Also, the fact that the Control modifier on all the alphanumeric keys only works in certain programs is bothersome. I guess I�ll keep plugging away. But if anyone uses Windows and wants a keyboard with handy quotes and correct dashes and Mac-esque diacritics, I can upload the layout somewhere (I also believe the Microsoft tool has an packager capability).

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