Possum Palantype support for Plover for German with two additional keys.
The dictionaries can be found here: https://github.com/percidae/plover_palantype_german/tree/master/plover_palantype_german/dictionaries
After installing this plugin, you need to turn on Palantype in Plover:
In Plover's configuration, go to the
Systems
tab, and change the active system toPossum Palantype German
.In Plover's machine tab, select the
Palantype
machine and ensure the settings point to your Palantype machine.- "Palantype" machine type in Plover is what other CAT software calls "Palantype B".
- If you have a Neutrino machine, you may need to select the "Gemini PR" protocol.
- To use all keys you need a Gemini PR protocol dedicated hardware
- If you do not own a Palantype machine, you can use an N-key rollover keyboard instead, as outlined in this tutorial.
- At this time, other protocols are not supported.
Make sure the addon plover-python-dictionary is also installed.
Download the most present version of the German Wordlist from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/germandict/ Unpack the "german.dic" file into the folder where all the steno dictionaries are e.g. C:/Users/yourname/AppData/Local/plover/plover. Open german.dic e.g. with Notepad++ and convert it to UTF-8 and save it again.
[Currently not yet] Plover will install
palan_de_user.json
,palan_numbers.json
,palan_spelling.json
andpalantype_de.json
as dictionaries andcompound_builder.py
as python dictionary. It is recommended to useuser.json
when adding new strokes. Those five files will be in the settings folder e.g. C:/Users/yourname/AppData/Local/plover/plover Add them to plover as dictionary in the following order:palantype_de.json
,palan_de_user.json
,palan_spelling.json
palan_numbers.json
andcompound_builder.py
.Note: at the moment, only
ULFTS
is supported to backspace the last stroke.
It would be a good time to define some custom commands that make using Plover much easier!
The "Add Definition" button lets you define a new dictionary entry. The first recommended entry is one that summons this dialog!
T+UPT
:{PLOVER:ADD_TRANSLATION}
(think "dictionary update")
Some other useful translations for you to define (come up with your own strokes):
{-|}
capitalize next word{^^}
suppress space{#right}
,{#left}
,{#up}
,{#down}
press arrow keys: right, left, up, down (recommendation is to create an arrow-key cluster on one hand with a chord on the other){#control(c)}
copy on Windows, Linux, or{#command(c)}
for Mac{#control(v)}
paste on Windows, Linux, or{#command(v)}
for Mac{#control(z)}
undo on Windows, Linux, or{#command(z)}
for Mac{#tab}
press the tab key{#alt(tab tab)}
change application on Windows{#backspace}
press the backspace key{#escape}
press the escape key{#return}
press the return/enter key{^\n^}{-|}
new line, capitalize{^\n\n^}{-|}
new paragraph, capitalize