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Subject: Accents under Executor (E/D and E/L)
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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 23:41:19 +0100
From: "Andrew D. Balsa" <abalsa@gwsmtp.hec.fr>
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Hi Executor users,
If you ever need accents under Executor, read on.
I have a US keyboard, but most of what I write is in French or Portuguese.
Happily, the Mac standard supports accents, and Executor does so too (again,
Kudos to Ardi). Usually, to get accents on a Mac, all you do is type Alt-e
then a letter and you get an acute accented letter, etc... This way, you can
get all the accents you need, even for German, Swedish, Spanish, etc... This
mechanism works very well under Executor.
However, some users (like me) prefer to just type an accent, then a letter
and presto, you have your accented letter. If you want an accent without a
letter, just type the accent followed by space. This is how I type accents
under Window$ 3.1x and Window$95, using the US-International keyboard
layout.
How do you get this under Executor?
Step 1) Get a package called easy-accents.hqx in one of the many Mac
Archives. This package contains a resource KCHR.
Step 2) Under the System Folder in Executor, you will find a file called
System. This file contains many Mac resources, among them all the keyboard
layouts supported by Executor.
Step 3) Get a copy of Resedit. I got 2.1.3 from Apple on the Web.
Step 4) Go to a Mac. Unfortunately, I couldn't use Resedit under Executor,
and Resourcerer doesn't allow writes under the shareware version.
Step 5) Use Resedit to cut and paste between the easy-accents file and the
Executor System file. You can even edit a number of resources using resedit!
I just edited the KCHR resource. Rename the new resource to one of the
keyboard layouts Executor recognizes. I used US, so I deleted the old
resource and substituted by the new one.
Step 6) Copy the system file back to the Executor System Folder directory.
Step 7) Launch executor with all the switches plus the -keyboard
whatever-name switch. I used executor -keyboard US.
Step 8) Enjoy!
This should work under E/L and E/D.
One additional note for Executor/Linux users. If you use the new XFree 3.12D
X Window server, you have to disable the new Xkbd extension to allow the
dead keys under Executor. Just launch the X server with a -kbd switch or
include the appropriate line in the XF86Config file.
I guess Ardi can include a USINT KCHR resource in the new releases of
Executor (are you listening, Ardi gurus?). But you can also customize many
things with Resedit in the System file. All the usual Mac hacks, in fact.
