Re: Ways to show Unicode contents on Windows?

Hi Richard,

Yes you can build against a custom locale in VIsta onwards. Requires
editing source file in text editor, then building keyboard layouts from the
command line using MSKLC

Andrew

On 17 July 2013 09:04, Richard Wordingham
<richard.wordingham_at_ntlworld.com>wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:19:34 +1000
> Andrew Cunningham <lang.support_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 15/07/2013 6:02 PM, "Christopher Fynn" <chris.fynn_at_gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > MS Office seems to want to do is apply fonts based on the language
> > > being used - the input "language" being determined by the keyboard
> > > or IME currently selected. When using a custom keyboard (e.g. one
> > > created with MSKLC) or IME MS Office frequently does not accuratly
> > > determine the language and consequently overides your font
> > > selection.
>
> > I am wondering if building a MSKLC against a custom locale will get
> > around the problem, or would make no difference?
>
> Can one actually build MSKLC against a custom locale? The
> documentation on the easiest way of building a custom locale implies
> that it is only available for Windows Vista, whereas I only have XP
> and Windows 7. The .klc files MSKLC created use a numerical locale ID
> (LCID); I don't see any way to check what the general .klc file format
> is - the format seemed very delicate when I had to edit it by hand, at
> least, not for the SMP. Neither Akkadian nor Hittite comes up on the
> pick list. (I might choose Hittite because the cuneiform font I have
> is for Hittite.) I suppose I might have problems with cuneiform
> because I chose the only Mesopotamian locale available - Iraqi Arabic.
>
> Richard.
>
>

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