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From: lra@aluxe.UUCP (Lonnie R. Abelbeck, AT&T Bell Labs)
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Subject: Re: VersaTerm and UK keyboard, problem!
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Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 13:49:37 EST
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Since this may be of general interest, I will respond here...

VersaTerm will now work properly with the UK keyboard, and hopefully
any foreign keyboard.  The problem that Rick has refered to is that
the BREAK key is created by the Enter key, which I referenced directly,
rather that looking for the ^C that Enter creates.  Soooo, since Apple
switches the Enter Key and Spacebar on the UK keyboard relative to
the US keyboard, the result is that the spacebar generates a BREAK.
The moral is not to reference keys directly, but rather look for the
characters that they generate, if you want foreign compatability.

As I have learned, a foreign Mac owner can buy a US program, and then
run a "localizer" program that esentially is a form of the the
Resource Editor, that moves around the US keyboard resource to fit his/her
foreign Mac.  Since VersaTerm uses the standard System keyboard resource,
all is well (with a little care), but MacTerminal uses its own keyboard
map resource, and changing the System resource doesn't do it.

Lonnie Abelbeck
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