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