Re: Fonts and open office
Re: Fonts and open office
- Subject: Re: Fonts and open office
- From: Tom Gewecke <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 09:59:48 -0400
>> http://www.wordherd.com/keyboards
>
>
>This appears to be a wonderful tool if indeed you want a "keyboard
>layout",
>where the inputs are either single letters, or single letters typed
>together with
>the Control key, Alt key, etc.
>
>It won't work if you want an "input method", which can require
>intercepting
>arbitrary sequences of input keystrokes and "composing" them into one
>(or,
>less likely, more) output Unicode characters. This trick seems to
>require
>a .keylayout file that switches into multiple "states", especially when
>dealing
>with prefixes common to multiple input sequences; and I'm having
>trouble
>with it.
>
>For example, when entering Georgian mxeduli script, I'd like the input
>method to trap
>
>tS' and output ჭ
>tS (followed by anything other than ') and output ჩ
>ts' and output წ
>ts (followed by anything other than ') and output ც
>t' and output ტ
>t (followed by anything other than s or S or ') and output თ
>
>Has anyone had success using the XML format to define such Input
>Methods?
Using submappings as described on the wordherd site you can create as many
"deadkeys" as you want, and each deadkey can have as many individual onward
mappings as you want. Will that meet your needs?
More details of the possibilities with the xml files are at
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2056.html#Section4
An existing Georgian keyboard is available at
http://quinon.com/files/keylayouts/
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