Re: adding tilde to kbd file

[Carl Distefano CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx]

Reply to note from "Adriano Ortile"  Sat, 29 May
1999 21:10:17 +0200

-> > 41=[126]
-> > 41=NO,[255],7,E
-> > 41=S6
-> ...
-> holding down ctrl-alt-shift while typing 126 produces a
-> printable hyphen, i.e. a 3-bytes xy sequence, not the
-> discretionary hyphen.

Right, Adriano. But you *need* to put a 3-byte tilde in the .KBD
file to get a key that produces a 1-byte tilde. And (in the second
example) you need to put a 5-byte tilde in the .KBD file to get a
key that produces a 3-byte tilde. The rule of 5-to-3- and 3-to-1-
byte transformations is basic to keyboard-file customization --
applies across the board to all printable-char|control-char pairs
(notably, guillemets). Try it.

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A _wood_ saw? I'm assuming it is sized for whittling as opposed to building
a log cabin.

Otherwise, the microsoft metaphor ceases to be accurate.



Rachel powers




----------from TBaehr@xxxxxxxx on 5/12/01 10:01 PM----------

> Well, some are better than others. My Leatherman Wave is certainly a great
> tool. Its purpose is NOT to be as good or better than the equivalent tools.
> Its purpose is to collect, in a six-ounce package, tools that are competent
> given their portability. And they do an admirable job: extremely sharp knife
> blades, comforable handles, a variety of screwdriver blades, a pair of
> scissors, a wood saw, two files, a can opener, etc. Certainly there must be
> some software that is analogous; maybe some of the "works" packages. MS
> Office or MS Word seems to be more like my tool bucket: a collection of
> tools, some very good, some so-so, that weighs a ton, is somewhat haphazardly
> organized, and is brought out only for major projects.
>
> Tim Baehr
>