I want to develop a keyboard layout software?

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I want to develop a keyboard layout software

I want to design a keyboard layout software that will use Unicode characters which are not Latin. These particular language has more than 101 characters. Some time it uses keyboard combination to produce one. Any idea what kind of software I need to use to develop the keyboard layout. I know Keyman so I need another one

Answer 1

I would recommend using the .NET framework, it supports unicode characters, is relatively easy to program, and provides a lot of support for just about anything you could imagine programming.

Displaying characters that require combinations can be accomplished by appending the different unicode ids. For example, the C# code below will display the Russian character that resembles a backwards R with an accent, similar to this, but the "R" would be backwards... R'.

C# code example: String s = "\u044f\u0301";

references:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9b1s4yhz(VS.80).aspx
http://www.unicode.org
http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-3.2/U32-0400.pdf
http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0300.pdf