On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 01:05:13 +0100, Mats Blakstad wrote: > After managing to add the keyboard to XKB I started on a new venture of > trying to make a windows version of the keyboard using this: > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/globalization/keyboardlayouts.aspx > > It is nearly impossible to replicate as it seems like you can only add dead > keys if they have a precomposed character.
This Windows limitation is indeed a significant drawback. You may wish to browse the archive back and forth starting from here: http://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2010-m01/0040.html > > Also, in Togo it is used double tones like these: > > "Ɛ̃́" LATIN CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON WITH TILDE AND ACUTE > "Ɛ̃̀" LATIN CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON WITH TILDE AND GRAVE > > And windows do not even allow dead keys with double symbols... I top on Philippe Verdyʼs reply. Serial dead keys are a Windows feature, and implementing them is feasible around MSKLC although not in the GUI, as its developer Michael Kaplan explained in a blog post that Doug Ewell shared in: http://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2016-m10/0214.html Actually Iʼm localizing in English an interactive, self-explaining script in batch to facilitate generating the sources and layout drivers. It will soon be for free download here: http://charupdate.info#drivers Even the EULA issue is settled, as you may read there. Further I recommend to program the deadtrans list in C because this has the advantage of working on a flat list, while in the .klc source it is grouped. > > So I wonder if it could be a solution for a precomposed double tone? > So one unicode for tilde+acute and another for tilde+grave? > > The only way we manage to make the keyboard now is to add all the tones > behind the letters instead of before the letters. > I think in fact it seems easier than on French keyboard, but it will also > break the French keyboard when it comes to what order you click buttons to > add tones. > I also think it would be a benefit to have the keyboard on windows and > Ubuntu work mostly the same. > > Not sure if there are any other good ideas for how to solve it? Additionally to Denis Jacqueryeʼs replies, I would mention again a software that I believe is best fit to get what you need on Windows: Keyman. Keyman is now a part of SIL and is being made available for free. http://keyman.com/ Best regards, Marcel > > On 25 February 2016 at 09:35, Marcel Schneider wrote: > […]
