I'm pretty sure all that is needed is changing both the appropriate symbol and description lists in vkeyboard.jsm and then re-compiling vkeyboard.jss.
I certainly don't see anything in vkeyboard.jss that looks like a static count. On 7/19/15, Dave Carlson via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Soronel, > > I recall that you need to edit not only the list, but change some parameters > to define a new list length? Do you perhaps still have the process? > > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and pioneer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Soronel Haetir via Jfw" <[email protected]> > To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> > Cc: "Soronel Haetir" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 09:24 PM > Subject: Re: Pound Sign in Jaws > > > And if you are a masochist you can even expand the list. > > You have to edit VKeyboard.jsm and then recompile VKeyboard.jss but it > is possible. I forget what symbol I added to an earlier jaws version > but I don't do that any more. > > On 7/18/15, Adrian Spratt via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: >> Like Soronel and you, I find typing ANSI/ASCII equivalents frustrating. >> Northstar tells listers what to do when symbols aren't readily available >> from other sources. But the JAWS key+4 partial symbols list is a nice >> contribution from FS. There you can find, for example, em-dash and >> en-dash, >> ellipses, and numerous accented letters. Oh, and the pounds sterling sign. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B. >> via >> Jfw >> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 12:03 AM >> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >> Cc: Michael B. >> Subject: Re: Pound Sign in Jaws >> >> Hi Adrian & Northstar, >> >> I'm not saying this to argue the ansi or ascii value of the sterling >> pounds >> >> number, but when I press the, NumPad 5 key, 3 times quickly on the >> sterling >> >> pounds symbol, it gives me a unicode number of 163. But yet, if I turn >> the >> >> numpad on, hold down the Alt key, press 1, 6, 3, turn the numpad off, I >> get, >> >> ú. doing what Norstar suggests & typing, 1, 5, 6 does give me the, £, >> symbol. Whoops, I just tried typing, 0,1,6,3, & did get the, £, symbol. >> Damn, this ansi / ascii stuff can get confusing! LOL LOL >> Take care. >> Mike >> This email was sent from my, iBarstool. Go Dodgers! >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Adrian Spratt via Jfw >> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >> Cc: Adrian Spratt >> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 8:15 PM >> Subject: RE: Pound Sign in Jaws >> >> >> Actually, you can make JAWS verbalize pound sterling on an American >> keyboard. I copied the symbol into my JAWS dictionary and spelled out >> pound >> >> for my "replacement word." >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> northstar1950--- via Jfw >> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 7:55 PM >> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Pound Sign in Jaws >> >> hmmm, turn numlock and hold your alt key down and >> on the numpad while holding the alt key down >> enter 156 and you when you release the alt key >> you should have the sterling pound sign like this: £ >> >> of course, jaws will not say anything but the symbol is there. >> >> >> Legend has it that on Saturday 7/18/2015 06:01 PM, Marsha via Jfw said: >> ---------------------------------------- >>>Hi >>> Is there a way, on an American keyboard, to >>> type a British Pound sign? 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