[SOLVED] How to set Italian layout in Windows 7? - Technical

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14-Feb-2015 20:05:01#1 [SOLVED] How to set Italian layout in Windows 7?

Hello everyone!
I'm having some trouble installing the PKL file in my sister's computer that runs Windows 7 OS. In particular, I need Italian layout that provides easy access to accented vowels such as à è é ì ò ù. How do I activate square and curly brackets? After wrestling with the pkl.ini and layout.ini files for about 40-45 minutes, I gave up.
Can someone please tell me what exactly should I write in the pkl.ini file for Italian layout? Has DreymaR changed the config files, lately?

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14-Feb-2015 21:26:50#2 Re: [SOLVED] How to set Italian layout in Windows 7?

Yes, I changed them lately. I made a 'latin' layout that may be configured for several latin languages. I struggle with the lack of modularity in PKL...

Try for instance this in your pkl.ini file (if you want a QWERTY on switch):

layout = colemak-eD-Lat_ISO:Colemak[eD]-ISO-It,vk_qwerty_ISO:QWERTY(VK)-ISO

In the PortableKeyboardLayout_DreymaR\layouts\colemak-eD-Lat_ISO\layout.ini file:
Uncomment all 'It' entries, comment all 'BeCaFr' entries, as seen below

SC01a = OEM_4    4    dk6    dk13    *{Esc}    [    {    ; QWERTY [{ ; Cmk-eD-BeCaFr
    ...
;SC01a = OEM_4    4    è    é    *{Esc}    [    {    ; QWERTY [{ ; Cmk-eD-It
;SC01b = OEM_6    0    ]    }    --    đ    α    ; QWERTY ]} ; Cmk-eD_ISO
SC01b = OEM_6    0    dk16    №    --    ]    }    ; QWERTY ]} ; Cmk-eD-BeCaFr
    ...
;SC01b = OEM_6    0    à    ò    --    ]    }    ; QWERTY ]} ; Cmk-eD-It

...becomes this:

;SC01a = OEM_4    4    dk6    dk13    *{Esc}    [    {    ; QWERTY [{ ; Cmk-eD-BeCaFr
    ...
SC01a = OEM_4    4    è    é    *{Esc}    [    {    ; QWERTY [{ ; Cmk-eD-It
;SC01b = OEM_6    0    ]    }    --    đ    α    ; QWERTY ]} ; Cmk-eD_ISO
;SC01b = OEM_6    0    dk16    №    --    ]    }    ; QWERTY ]} ; Cmk-eD-BeCaFr
    ...
SC01b = OEM_6    0    à    ò    --    ]    }    ; QWERTY ]} ; Cmk-eD-It

...etc for all 'Cmk-eD-It' entries.

For the square and curly brackets in this layout, press and hold AltGr(+Shift).

Should you prefer a dead key approach, use the Spanish/Latin layout instead (same layout file, different uncomments).

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15-Feb-2015 16:03:12#3 Re: [SOLVED] How to set Italian layout in Windows 7?

Hello DreymaR!
This forum seems a one man show! ;-)
Anyway, thank you, that tweak totally worked!

I see you turned around the accented vowels, a little bit… It seems better now, in fact I think I'll switch over to the latest pkl.ini and layout.ini files on my computer (at this point, I'll just copy/paste the folders from my sister's PC!)

~~Just a last request — how do I keep the CapsLock key? I want it to function as usual i.e. pressing it once to get all capital letters. (For now I feel no need for the extended key).~~
To keep CapsLock as usual (for capital letters, only), I just have to comment the following lines right? Do I have to assign any value to disable the extend_key?

 
;CapsLock = OEM_8    0    --    --    *{CapsLock}    *{LWin}    --    ; Caps Lock
; *** Using 'CapsLock' as 'extend_key' works best if it is mapped but otherwise disabled
;CapsLock = OEM_CAPITAL    0    --    --    --    --    --    ; CapsLock
;CapsLock = BACK    VirtualKey    ; Colemak-style CapsLock -> Backspace

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16-Feb-2015 06:04:20#4 Re: [SOLVED] How to set Italian layout in Windows 7?

You should uncomment the last of those lines, yes. Also, further up the Caps should be defined as Extend and you'll want to comment that out or set something else there. As explained in my Big Bag (PKL) topic, you could use the value 'disabled' to make it nothing.

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16-Feb-2015 16:06:36#5 Re: [SOLVED] How to set Italian layout in Windows 7?

DreymaR said:

You should uncomment the last of those lines, yes.

I don't understand…if I uncomment the last line ('CapsLock = BACK VirtualKey ; Colemak-style CapsLock -> Backspace'), then I'll have a Backspace, not the usual, QWERTY-style, all-Caps key, which is what I want!
Anyway, I tried it out and it's working the way I wanted it. I also 'disabled' the extend_key.

Thank you for your help, DreymaR! Keep up the great job you are single-handedly doing on this forum. Have a nice day!
(marking the thread as SOLVED)

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16-Feb-2015 16:08:06#6 Re: [SOLVED] How to set Italian layout in Windows 7?

Oh right, sorry, didn't read well enough. Sure, no mappings at all will pass the key straight through so it works as usual.

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