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Keyboard Remapping in Win 3.1 & 95

From:Roland Hoensch <hoensch@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 6, 1999, 6:31
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    Having found the following program exceedingly useful in various =
conlang pursuits, I offer the webpage for Keys to the conlang community. =
 Well, all the people on this list anyways and that should get things =
rolling well enough. :-)

http://iap.ethz.ch/users/szp/keys/index.html

    I have previously used this program for:
        -    writing in Hungarian
        -    writing in Esperanto (with the diacritic marks, without =
supersignoj)
        -    trying various methods of using Tengwar for writing =
comfortably
        -    trying various methods of using Sanskrit for writing =
comfortably

    Some other things that come to mind are using it to write in Klingon =
(have digraphs substituted with the single Klingon font letter), or even =
writing in Korean once You have the proper font.

    Having mentioned Korean, has anyone heard about Hangul before?  It =
is the Korean alphabet.  Yes, Koreans write with an alphabetic (though =
very Asian style) system--more so than do Americans, arguably!  The =
little "boxes" of characters actually contain two-four letters in a =
prescribed order, thus making up words with one-four (or even more) =
little boxes.  Looks Asian, to the untrained eye it could even be =
mistaken for Chinese or Japanese, but it is (once the letters are =
learned and the order they are put together in) easily decipherable, and =
being quite phonetic, easy pronouncable.  Any thoughts?  Has anyone =
tried to invent a script anything like Hangul?  Coincidentally it =
happens to be an invented script.  Invented by some Korean King who =
wanted people to be able to read and write more easily.

    Having babbled on so long about Hangul, I might as well provide a =
page for it:
http://hyperion.advanced.org/20746/

Sincerely,
                    Roland H=F6nsch

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Having found the =
following=20
program exceedingly useful in various conlang pursuits, I offer the =
webpage for=20
Keys to the conlang community.&nbsp; Well, all the people on this list =
anyways=20
and that should get things rolling well enough. :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://iap.ethz.ch/users/szp/keys/index.html">http://iap.ethz.ch/=
users/szp/keys/index.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have previously =
used this=20
program for:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; writing in Hungarian</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; writing in Esperanto (with the diacritic marks, =
without=20
supersignoj)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; trying various methods of using Tengwar for writing=20
comfortably</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; trying various methods of using Sanskrit for writing =

comfortably</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Some other things =
that come to=20
mind are using it to write in Klingon (have digraphs substituted with =
the single=20
Klingon font letter), or even writing in Korean once You have the proper =

font.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Having mentioned =
Korean, has=20
anyone heard about Hangul before?&nbsp; It is the Korean alphabet.&nbsp; =
Yes,=20
Koreans write with an alphabetic (though very Asian style) system--more =
so than=20
do Americans, arguably!&nbsp; The little "boxes" of characters actually =
contain=20
two-four letters in a prescribed order, thus making up words with =
one-four (or=20
even more) little boxes.&nbsp; Looks Asian, to the untrained eye it =
could even=20
be mistaken for Chinese or Japanese, but it is (once the letters are =
learned and=20
the order they are put together in) easily decipherable, and being quite =

phonetic, easy pronouncable.&nbsp; Any thoughts?&nbsp; Has anyone tried =
to=20
invent a script anything like Hangul?&nbsp; Coincidentally it happens to =
be an=20
invented script.&nbsp; Invented by some Korean King who wanted people to =
be able=20
to read and write more easily.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Having babbled on so =
long about=20
Hangul, I might as well provide a page for it:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://hyperion.advanced.org/20746/">http://hyperion.advanced.org=
/20746/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Roland=20
H=F6nsch</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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