"adding tilde to kbd file "

[Arthur Steinberg arthurs@xxxxxxxx]

i was interested in getting option 2 below to work ( a freestanding
printable tilde), but find that [255] stands for em space -- so i
merely get a space in my keyoboard file, and what does the rest of the
code indicate (7,E)? am i missing something here? according to my chart of
xy characters 757 stands for tilde upper, and 758 for tilde lower.
are they the ones i am supposed to be using?


>
> 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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