sawada@etlsun42.etl.go.jp (Toshimi sawada) (05/30/91)
Does any one know how th chane the key map of Apple keyboard? e.g., control key => delete key. Is there any technique using ResEdit or some other resource editting tools? Thanks in advance! -- Toshimi Sawada Electrotechnical Laboratory, Japan sawada@etl.go.jp Computer Language Section.
Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr (Patrick Hayes) (06/04/91)
In article <SAWADA.91May30162149@etlsun42.etl.go.jp> sawada@etlsun42.etl.go.jp (Toshimi sawada) writes: >Does any one know how th chane the key map of Apple keyboard? >e.g., control key => delete key. > >Is there any technique using ResEdit or some other resource editting >tools? Yes and no... There appears to be at least 3 steps which need to be taken in order to be able to do this with the recent macs: 1) Physically modify the keyboard to switch the blocking portion of the key from the CAPS lock to the control key. I'm not going to go into detail on this, but I've done it and It's no harder than opening up a mac to put SIMMs in if you're careful. 2) Using one of the recent ResEdit versions (2.0 or later apparently), Modify the system keymap to switch the key mappings. Again no details, but should be documented in the new resedit manual, and I performed the modification easily with the help of an article explaining the use of resedit in a recent Macuser/world. 3) And here's where I'm stuck, Add a ptch ressource to the System to override the kchr in the ROM. Could anyone with a greater knowledge fill me in on exactly what needs to be done? I'm over my head at this point. I should warn you though, performing these modifications can become a tiring experience quickly. Most of the people I've met who want to do this, do so to use Comm programs, and unfortunately the majority of Comm programs I've seen so far, or at least the ones I've found usable like NCSA-telnet or Zterm, use their OWN modified kchr. You'd have to go through all these programs and do step 2 for each one. And when a new system comes out, you have to modify it's kchr, etc... Pat -- +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Patrick Hayes | EMail : Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr | | BULL CEDIAG | or hayes@bull.fr | | 68, Route de Versailles | Tel : (33 1) 39 02 56 88 | | F-78430 Louveciennes FRANCE | Fax : (33 1) 39 02 47 95 | +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (george) (06/05/91)
:There appears to be at least 3 steps which need to be taken in order to be :able to do this with the recent macs: : 1) Physically modify the keyboard to switch the blocking portion of ... : 2) Using one of the recent ResEdit versions (2.0 or later apparently), : Modify the system keymap to switch the key mappings. Again no ... : 3) And here's where I'm stuck, Add a ptch ressource to the System to : override the kchr in the ROM. I've just done 1 and 2, and it works well with one annoyance. Quickkeys ( light ) refuses to recognise the caps lock as control ( it doesn't see the caps-lock key as a modifier at all ) Would #3 fix this? can i resedit qk? would it help if i upgrade to full quickkeys 2.x? -- -george george@mech.seas.upenn.edu