Re: [NTLK] Newton keyboard. How to assign keys?

From: francoventimiglia_at_iol.it
Date: Wed Feb 11 2004 - 02:42:36 PST


Re: [NTLK] Newton keyboard. How to assign keys?

>I'm not really sure that I understand what you're looking for, you want
>accents on the keyboard?
>If this is the case, they're already there, but hidden under keyboard
>combinations.
>Try option with 'e', 'i', 'u', 'o', 'c' and tilde and you'll see what I
>mean...

>and I believe what he means is that he wants to "unhide" them by
altering the key-mapping. I belive the intent is to change which
physical key produces which character on the newton... sort of the
equivalent of editing the keytable in the system file with resedit in
MacOS Classic.

>I don't know how to do that on Newton, however. :-(

>-Tyler Smith

Yes, Tyler. You understood well. What I mean is exactly "to alter the
key-mapping" on the Newton, either on the built-in keyboard or on the external
keyboard, in order to assign personal characters to some phisical keys, e.g.
assigning accented Italian characters to some keys, to create a phisical Italian
keyboard.
 
I know the hidden keyboard combinations to produce accented characters, but what
I want is to change the phisical keyboard mapping.

I know it exists too (I downloaded it) a free Newton extension by "Travel
Concept Solutions" which allows to install an Italian keyboard, but there are
two problems:
1 - It is an "old" Mac based "QZERTY" keyboard (not the "new" Mac based "QWERTY"
one, PC-like);
2 - It modifies only the internal (built-in) Newton keyboard and NOT the
external keyboard.

Well, if it already exists this utility (QZERTY Italian keyboard) I think it's
possible to create a QWERTY Italian keyboard.

But is it possible to apply the same thing on the "external" Newton keyboard?

Thanx,

Frankie


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