Re: Dvorak for Brits?
Kim Bastin <kimb <at> comcen.com.au>
2011-08-23 00:50:11 GMT
At http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964665 you will find the
Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, with which you can create your own
layout. The layouts it creates are ‘genuine’ Windows layouts which
require no special software to run once installed.
Kim Bastin
On 23/08/2011 06:00, Craig Richmond wrote:
> I live in the UK but grew up with Australian keyboard layouts and do
> exactly as you suggest and just use those characters.
>
> At work I end up using insert character a lot because I have a
> Kinesis keyboard and the ALT-number-number-number shortcuts aren't
> practical to use on it. Failing, that it might be time to figure
> out how to create a keyboard code page yourself or work around the
> problem by installing some kind of utility to help you type the
> characters you're looking for easier.
>
> Craig
>
> On 22 Aug 2011, at 20:20, Marcus Brooks wrote:
>
>> Hey guys, how do British PC users generate the ~ and £ keys? I
>> heard from a Brit who says his £ key is mapped wrong in Windows
>> Dvorak, and ~ is missing. Is there a fix?
>>
>> FYI: In Mac OS X 10.6 US Dvorak, the tilde key is Shift-` (next to
>> the 1 key), or Opt-n for the combiner, and £ is Option-3. --
>> marcus <at> mwbrooks.com http://area42.mwbrooks.com chat (A/Y/G):
>> mwbrooks42
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