Short: Keymap for US kbd, with easier accents Author: jtv@xs4all.nl (Jeroen T. Vermeulen) Uploader: jtv xs4all nl (Jeroen T Vermeulen) Type: driver/input Architecture: generic This is a replacement Amiga keymap (keyboard driver) for US-style keyboards. It is fully identical to the default USA keymap built into the KickStart ROM except that accents and somer other internation characters are easier to reach. In addition to all existing key combinations (the ones I added were previously unused), you now have the following "dead" keys to get an accent over the next letter you type: Applies to letters Dead key Meaning "AaCcEeIiNnOoUuYy " >------------------------------------------------------------------------------< Alt-` Accent grave Àà ÈèÌì ÒòÙù ` Alt-~ (alt-shift-`) Tilde Ãã ÑñÕõ ~ Alt-^ (alt-shift-6) Accent circonflexe Ââ ÊêÎî ÔôÛû ^ Alt-' Accent aigu Áá ÉéÍí ÓóÚúÝý' Alt-" (alt-shift-') Umlaut/trema Ää ËëÏï ÖöÜüÿ " Alt-, Cedille Çç Of course this will only work if that particular combination of accent and letter is available; otherwise you get the letter without accent. Note that any of these accents can also be applied to the space bar. The old accents under alt-f, alt-g, alt-h, alt-j, and alt-k are still there if you are used to them, so if you need to type accents regularly there's really no reason not to use my new keymap. Also available are the following simple international characters: Key combination Symbol >------------------------------< Alt-! (alt-shift-1) ¡ Alt-? (alt-shift-/) ¿ And just for consistency with those two I threw in some extras as well: Key combination Symbol >------------------------------< Alt- / Alt-/ The keymap was created by editing one of the keyboard drivers on my Workbench 3.0 disks using EditKeys by David Kinder. So far it has only been used on A4000s running OS version 3.0 (V39), but to my knowledge it should work on all Amiga systems. If there are any requests, I'll be happy to add these shortcuts to the other keymaps (d/Deutsch, n/Norsk, gb/British etc) as well. Hope it's of some use to you. ¡If so, enjoy! ========================================================================== # Jeroen T. Vermeulen "How are we doing?"// Yes, we use Amigas # #--- jtv@xs4all.nl ---"Same as always."//-- ... --# #jvermeul@wi.leidenuniv.nl "That bad huh?"// Got a problem with that? #