Re: adding tilde to kbd file

[Carl Distefano CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx]

Reply to note from Arthur Steinberg  Fri, 28 May
1999 16:28:24 EDT

-> i am running xy4dos 4.017 under linux and wish to add the tilde
-> to shift+key 41 in my kbd file. i am using the xy4-3.kbd file.
-> i have tried ctrl-alt 730 (the xywrite character), ctrl-alt 152
-> (the ascii character), either on the number pad or on the other
-> numbers, but they don't work.

In my copy of XY4-3.KBD, you need to press Ctrl-Alt-Shift plus the
character number (not Ctrl-Alt). Might that be the problem?

It's not clear from your note what you want this key to produce:
(1) the "discretionary hyphen" tilde (used to force words to
hyphenate at the end of a line), (2) a freestanding, printable tilde
(such as appears in many URLs), or (3) a superimposable accent that
combines with the next-depressed key to produce a single character
(e.g., "Shift-41,n" to produce an Ascii-164 n-tilde). Those
assignments (in case you're asking) are, respectively:

41=[126]
41=NO,[255],7,E
41=S6

In the above, numbers in brackets mean "the character produced by
holding down Ctrl-Alt-Shift, hitting the three numbers, and then
releasing Ctrl-Alt-Shift".

I hope this helps.

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Carl Distefano
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