/kbdqwfr

Qwerty-fr port to Windows 3.0/3.1

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QWERTY-FR for Windows 3.0/3.1

CP1252-Compatible variant.

This is a Windows 3.x port of: http://marin.jb.free.fr/qwerty-fr/

There's a few differences, as some characters from the keytable aren't available in CP1252.

Parts of this repository are from Win3.1 DDK and included to simplify the building process.

Namely:

DATE.INC: Copyright (C) 1989-1990 by Microsoft Corporation.
KEYBOARD.INC: Copyright (C) 1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990 by Microsoft Corp.
NAMESUS.INC: Copyright 1989, 1990 by Microsoft Corporation.
TRANS.INC: Copyright (C) 1988,1989,1990 by Microsoft Corporation.
VKOEM.INC: Copyright (C) 1989,1990 by Microsoft Corp.
VKWIN.INC: Copyright (C) 1989,1990 by Microsoft Corp.
GETKBD.ASM: Copyright (C) 1989-1990 by Microsoft Corporation.
NAMES.ASM: Copyright (C) 1989-1990 by Microsoft Corporation.

KBDQWFR.ASM is based on 'KBDUS.ASM', Copyright (C) 1989-1990 Microsoft Corporation.

Changed keybinds:

altgr-7 is acute-y instead instead of circumflex.

altgr-= is equivalent to altgr-shift-=, 'NOT EQUAL TO' isn't in CP1252.

altgr-/ is equivalent to altgr-shift-/, 'ARABIC QUESTION MARK' isn't in CP1252.

shift-altgr-, is '...', 'OGONEK isn't in CP1252 and this one might useful.

shift-altgr-. is 'MIDDLE DOT', might be useful (non-shifted variant already maps to 0xB0).

Removed keybinds:

altgr-t: 'pi' symbol isn't in CP1252.

altgr-f: Epsilon/Delta aren't in CP1252.

altgr-g: Alpha/Beta aren't in CP1252.

altgr-v: Omega isn't in CP1252.

altgr->, altgr-<: 'GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO' & 'LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO' aren't in CP1252.

How to build

You should have Win3.1 DDK installed.

Set PATH accordingly, eg:

set PATH=%PATH%;C:\MSVC\BIN
set LIB=C:\DEV\DDK\286\LIB
set INCLUDE=C:\DEV\DDK\286\INC

Then run nmake.

How to install

  • Copy KBDQWFR.DLL to %windir%\SYSTEM\
  • Edit %windir%\SYSTEM.INI:

In 'keyboard' section, add or replace the keyboard.dll line like this:

keyboard.dll=kbdqwfr.dll

A complete section should be like:

[keyboard]
keyboard.dll=kbdqwfr.dll
subtype=
type=4
oemansi.bin=xlat850.bin