FrKeys XP
This is the FrKeys documentation.
When a language with a different alphabet is selected, FrKeys makes the keys on the keyboard type letters in that alphabet. It only does this when keyboard shortcuts are enabled.
In general, the letters are mapped phonetically: to get a letter in the other alphabet that makes a certain sound, press the key whose letter makes a similar sound in English. For example, the Russian letter '
' (which occurs, for example, at the start of ‘Petrograd’) can be typed by pressing 'p'.
Sometimes more than one letter in the other alphabet will be close to one English letter. In that case, it may be necessary to use combinations of the Shift, Control and Alt keys to access all the letters in the other alphabet. This is especially true when the alphabet contains more letters than the Latin alphabet.
Sometimes there will be a letter in the other alphabet that has no equivalent in English. In that case, the letter will appear as a button in the FrKeys window, and that letter can be typed by clicking it. The letter will also be assigned to a key on the keyboard (usually a letter or symbol that does not occur in that alphabet), but in these cases it will be necessary to refer to the Edit Keyboard Shortcuts window, or the following sections, to find out which letter goes with which key.