Hmmm interesting… I don't think that would be too hard to do. Thanks for the idea. I'll check it out tomorrow.
Peter On 2014-08-11, at 9:37 PM, Blake McBride <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Peter, > > I think the GNU APL layout differs a little from the Dyalog layout. It would > be nice for your Mac setup to match the output of the GNU APL ]ketb command. > That is what I did with my layout files. > > I used the Mac primarily for several years. I had a problem with my > motherboard. While they were fixing it, I switched to LinuxMint as my > primary platform and haven't gone back. (I had many years of Unix & Linux > experience. I just didn't use it as my primary development platform until > the last year or so.) I like the idea of having the software portable so > that I can switch and share at will. Your Mac layout is appealing for that > reason. I'd like to get one of my Mac's up with GNU APL, but I haven't done > it yet. > > Thanks for your work on the Mac files!! > > Blake > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Peter Teeson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Blake - added that one. > When you say keyboard definitions I interpret that to mean for use with > xkbcomp. > Since it is not part of a standard OS X install and requires running X I > decided to go with Apple's use of XML. > Furthermore that's what Dyalog has done. > Also Readme-3 in the keyboard section states that GNU APL's standard layout > is Dyalog so that's what I'm working with. > I've already "enhanced" the DyalogAlt.keylayout and just am waiting to see if > there are any comments on the proposed mapping. > > BTW did you do an install using my little guide? > > respect… > > Peter > > On 2014-08-11, at 6:11 PM, Blake McBride <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Peter, >> >> χ is U03C7 >> >> The keyboard definitions I supplied included all of the characters used by >> GNU APL. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Blake > >
