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'hacked' MSKLC to enable remapping CAPSLOCK

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10-Jul-2017 18:03:16#26 Re: 'hacked' MSKLC to enable remapping CAPSLOCK

Would you have a way to remap the × on the numeric keyboard from * to ×, and the ÷ there from / to ÷? I work with Windows, and I am familiar with MSKLC, but remapping of “numeric” keys is not foreseen anywhere. Specifically the * and / are available on the main keyboard. Sending them from the num pad seems unnecessary. Thank you and greetings – Fritz

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11-Jul-2017 10:54:08#27 Re: 'hacked' MSKLC to enable remapping CAPSLOCK
Fritz said:

Would you have a way to remap the × on the numeric keyboard from * to ×, and the ÷ there from / to ÷?

kbd.h allows you to change scancode to VK mappings, but not VK to character. And .klc parser does not seem to support remapping of those numpad keys (VK_MULTIPLY and VK_DIVIDE).

You would have to save the layout as a .klc file, convert it into C source using kbdutool, make the desired changes to the C source, compile it (the complicated part, but there is a script for it) and finally replace the DLLs in the MSKLC-created installer with the ones you've compiled.

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12-Jul-2017 07:40:20#28 Re: 'hacked' MSKLC to enable remapping CAPSLOCK

Thank you, tmn! Unfortunately this means “no” for me … In the meantime I use MSKLC to give me an × (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplic … r_software) with the main keyboard at top left AltGr^, according to new standard DIN 2137:2012-06 (see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malzeichen#Tastatur, German), or Alt0215.

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13-Jul-2017 17:14:40#29 Re: 'hacked' MSKLC to enable remapping CAPSLOCK

In my Colemak[eD] layout, AltGr+M (for Multiply) and AltGr+V (for diVide) provide the ×/÷ glyphs. I find that handy.

I'm not sure, but I fear the Calc and other numeric-entry apps might not handle these symbols as well as they do the standard * and / ? If they don't, I feel it'd be a somewhat bad idea to remap the NumPad keys to the typographically correct symbols, as I at least use the NumPad for spreadsheet/calculator entry and the like.

I just tested it with Calculator on Win10, and sure enough it doesn't understand my ÷× symbols at least.

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14-Jul-2017 10:20:56#30 Re: 'hacked' MSKLC to enable remapping CAPSLOCK

You are right, playing with Num block × for pure aesthetic reasons is not advisable, as it will confuse all math programs. Perhaps a simple keyboard macro in Word for e.g. Alt+Num* will do the job for texts and basta. – Fritz

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18-Feb-2020 19:49:27#31 Re: 'hacked' MSKLC to enable remapping CAPSLOCK
tmn said:

Is there any other tool to convert a .dll layout back into C source?

Turns out, there is an assembler/disassembler for them: https://github.com/grompe/kbdasm

Also there is a trick to simplify compilation from the edited C source. Just mark the files created with "kbdutool -s" as read-only after you modify them and kbdutool will compile modified files (failing to overwrite them). As described here.

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17-Apr-2020 12:55:49#32 Re: 'hacked' MSKLC to enable remapping CAPSLOCK

You sir, are a genious :)

(I am commenting both to congratulate you and to save this post on my personal list because I have been searching for it for the past hour)

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