Hello,
Could you post the source KEY file?
My educated guess is that a command (key combination) to change current
submapping is being used. This is pretty useful, but if the two submappings
are written for different codepages, it may not work as expected.
Aitor
On Tue, 7 Feb 2023 at 14:07, wilhelm.spiegl
wrote:
> Hi Aitor,
>
> thanks for this information. It helped and I could create the .kl files
> with the key files delivered with kpdos31s.zip (not kpdos31x.zip). Some
> "ltxx.key" files gave a message:
>
> Warning at line xxx: Change of submapping changes the codepage
> of KEYB and leave KEYB in an inconsistent state (sm: 12->10) but worked,
> just for information.
>
> Is there any reason why it maybe not wishful to use these .kl files with
> keyb although they are mentioned in keyb? Should they be added at the
> kpdos-3.1 file?
>
> Willi
>
>
>
> Von meinem/meiner Galaxy gesendet
>
>
> Ursprüngliche Nachricht
> Von: Aitor Santamaría
> Datum: 06.02.23 22:49 (GMT+01:00)
> An: "Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers." <
> freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Betreff: Re: [Freedos-devel] keyb kl
>
> Hello Wilhelm,
>
>
> On Mon, 6 Feb 2023 at 22:15, wilhelm.spiegl
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Aitor,
>> I am not sure if I understand you correct. kc 200 is available here:
>>
>>
>> https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/keyb/fdkeyb-2.0/
>> kc200
>>
>> I tried kc with the key files from xkeyb that are delivered with the
>> fdt2302.iso.
>>
>
> but executing "kc gr.key" or another one language leads to the reported
>> message so that I got no kl file.
>>
>> The KEY files from xkeyb are a completely different story. Try the files
> at KPDOS, which are KEY files in the KEY language format that FD-KEYB
> understands.
>
>
>
>> I do not need the kl files for myself, maybe some for testing, but I
>> think they should be delivered with keyb.exe It would be nice if you could
>> send them to Jerome Shidel.
>>
> I suppose there are no KL files, because from the KEY files you compile to
> KL, and then they are packed. A KL file is like a .O file, not very useful
> in itself.
> You either get the KEY files (like .C) or the libraries (like .EXE), but
> not the .KL (like the .O).
>
> But you can easily build yourself the KL files from the KEY files written
> in the FD-KEYB language (or at least they should compile, I haven't tried
> that for a long time). Henrique Peron is the author of the KEY/KL files, a
> very impressive work IMHO.
>
> Aitor
>
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