QUEBEC.TXT

last updated by Roedy Green on 2007-07-21
Purpose
*******

If your keyboard looks like this, then QUEBEC will let you use
it under MS DOS.

 Esc     F1  F2  F3  F4  F5  F6  F7  F8  F9  F10  F11  F12

~~   !   @   #   $   %   ^   @   *   (   )  ---  +    Bsp
`"   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   0   -   =

  Tab  Q   W   E   R   T   Y   U   I   O   P    {?   }]
       q   w   e   r   t   y   u   i   o   p    [/   ][

CapsLock A   S   D   F   G   H   J   K   L   :   "^  Ent
         a   s   d   f   g   h   j   k   l   ;   '`

      Shf  Z   X   C   V   B   N   M   <'   >.   ?�   Shf  |
           z   x   c   v   b   n   m   ,,   ..   /�        \

Ctrl  Alt                  Space                    Alt-Gr   Ctrl

The particular keyboard supported IS NOT Microsoft's French
Canadian layout which uses a non standard 863 code page (with
complete upper case accented letters).  This keyboard is closer
to the standard English keyboard using the American standard 437
codepage (with few uppercase accented letters).  It has seven
unusual keys:

~ ~     { ?     } ]     " ^     < '     < .     ? c,
` "     [ /     ] [     ' `     , ,     . .     / e'

If your keyboard is different, you can still use QUEBEC, but you
will have to touch type, since the legends on your keys will not
match.  You can use the QUEBEC source code to create variants
for different keyboards.  If doing that is beyond your current
level of skill, we at Canadian Mind Products will do it for you
for a $250 fee.

Usage
*****

Insert this command near the end of your autoexec.bat file:

Quebec.Com

It will translate your keyboard to French Canadian layout.

NOTE: There is no way to get rid of Quebec except by rebooting.
However, if you load it in a DESQview window, you can get rid of
it by closing the window.  There is no hot key to enable or
disable it.

To get the left-hand legends, you hit Alt-Gr (Right alt).  To
get accented keys, hit the accent key, then a letter.  To get a
plain accent, hit an accent key twice.  Accent keys include:
' acute (aigu), ` grave, ^ hat (circonflexe),  " diaeresis
(trema), ~ tilde.

Accentable letters are a c e i n o u y < > -- upper or lower case
                       � � � � n � � � � �
                       A � � I N O U Y � �

The right hand legends are French, the left English.  The
English legends are never considered as dead-key accents, only
as punctuation.

Limitations
***********

QUEBEC does NOT work under WINDOWS, since Windows bypasses BIOS
to use the keyboard.

NOTE: There is no way to get rid of Quebec except by rebooting.
However, if you load it in a DESQview window, you can get rid of
it my closing the window.  There is no hot key to enable or
disable it.

Note it only works on AT computers.  XT computers require you to
load KEYB first.  Only use it ONCE!

There is no hot key Ctrl-Alt-F2 Ctrl-Alt-F1 enable/disable.

GETTING THE LATEST VERSION
**************************

Look for the latest version at my Web site:
  http://mindprod.com

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