Programmer Pad and DVORAK translation

[Apex]

Does anyone know of a way to get the programmer pad to behave properly when the computer is doing the qwerty to dvorak translation? (Something similar to the 'descramble gestures for input local' feature.)

As it is now, when I use the programmer pad, I get 'zz' instead of '//', etc.

Just wondering... If not, I'll try to do the mapping myself.

If I ever do manage to pull it off - should I upload the XML?

[fingerworks]

A customer asked:
Hitting -> on the programmer pad generates ': when using the Swiss German keyboard layout. It works fine with the US layout.

I also looked at the key mapping with the gesture editor, but the mapping is correct (->).

Can this be fixed?


This can be fixed, and is related to a similar problem when Windows is doing Dvorak translation.
Windows expects different USB keycodes for - and > if not in US Qwerty locale.

The fix requires modifying the programmer pad keys in the MyGesture Editor with a tricky bit of reverse-mapping:

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Select the PunctPad filter and select the desired surface key, say -> in the MyGesture Editor.
Delete the existing key or textmacro events (i.e. that send '->') from the event list.
Find the German/Dvorak surface key that sends hyphen.
Lookup how that key is normally labeled on a US Qwerty keyboard (/? for German, '" for Dvorak, in this case).
Add a new key event with that US Qwerty keycode (/ for German, ' for Dvorak in this case).
If the German/Dvorak punctuation requires Shift or AltGr from that key location, make sure and check the Shift and/or AltGr modifier flags.
Repeat above procedure (adding second key event) for < symbol. NOTE: The German < symbol is on the Qwerty key listed as "Non-US|\" in our Key Code list.
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