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From: vkwx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
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Subject: Re: Why isn't the System 7 "Keyboard Menu" coming up for me?
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.231747.5753@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 27 Jun 91 03:17:46 GMT
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I was just playing around with my keyboard layouts a bit more after I posted
that last message, and I wanted to follow it up.

It is not necessary to duplicate the itl_ resources. Only the resources
beginning with 'k' need to be present.

After you create all the 'k' resources, you will notice that there is now a
keyboard layout in your system file, which you can move in and out just like
fonts and sounds.

If you later remove the new keyboard layout, the keyboard menu will still stay
there, because the "always show icon" bit in the itlc resources is set. I'm not
sure about this, but perhaps if that bit is off, the system will automatically
show the keyboard menu if you drag a keyboard layout file to the system file.

Neat stuff! Thank god for Inside Mac VI...

Ed Swierk
Cornell University