KP Typing Tutor International Generation Version 4.0 Copyright (C) 1996 Zijian Huang All Right Reserved Shareware This document describes more details of KP, especially when you want to get more choices from the flexibility of KP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How the batch files work Here is the content of "kpus.bat": kpworldf.exe kp.txt kpcourse.txt us.key [kp.rec] [color/mono] The first argument indicates the sample text file which the functions "Sentence practice" and "Text practice" will use. The second indicates the sample text which the function "Course" will use. The third indicates a keyboard template file, KP uses this file to display a specified virtual keyboard template on the screen. The forth argument is optional. It records the progress of the learner. If a network manager is going to use KP in a network, the manager has better to indicate the path of this file. It is recommended that the manager treats this file as a user file to make sure that the learners can record their progress in their own files. For example: You install KP in "X:" drive, and the default user path is "F:", So you can write a batch file like: "... kpworldf.exe kp.txt course2.txt us.key f:\kp.rec ..." Other DOS text files can be used as sample source files. It is recommended that the text files contain no more than 1600 lines, or the lines behind will be neglected; and each line contains no more than 78 characters, or the characters behind will be neglected. The last character of each line has better to be a visible character. DO REMEMBER, the bigger the sample text file is, the larger memory the KP program requires. It is recommended to call KP via a batch file which indicate all the arguments. If no argument is given to "kpworldf.exe", "kpworldf.exe" will search for "kp.txt", "kpcourse.txt", "uk.key" and "kp.rec", and run under color mode. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Where to get a most original copy of KP You can get KP from ftp and www, here is the list of addresses: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~n4521661/share.htm ftp://ftp.ncl.ac.uk/pub/local/n4521661/share ... If you want to get KP from ftp, please read "read.me" in the ftp directory first. To get access to a ftp site, here is a example: You could access it anonymously: ============================= ftp ftp.ncl.ac.uk user name->anonymous passwd->[your e-mail name] cd /pub/local/n4521661/share ============================= Here is an example in more detail: ftp >open ftp.ncl.ac.uk Connected to aidan.ncl.ac.uk. 220 aidan FTP server (Version wu-2.4(4) Fri Apr 22 15:04:35 BST 1994) ready. Name (ftp.ncl.ac.uk:root): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 230- 230- ********************************************************************* 230-* 230-* This is the newcastle ftp archive. It is now running the Wuarchive ftp 230-* daemon, which means that compressed downloads, etc are supported. 230-* If your ftp client is having trouble, try a password starting with '-'. 230-* 230-* You must have an appropriate entry in the DNS. 230-* 230-* Please report any problems to "postmaster@newcastle.ac.uk." 230-* 230- ********************************************************************* 230- 230- 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> cd /pub/local/n4521661/share 250 CWD command successful. ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list. ftp> kpmost.zip read.me kpmost.exe 226 Transfer complete. ftp> bin ftp> get kpmost.zip ...... ftp> bye 221 Goodbye. ================================================== REMEMBAER to use 'bin' command first before you get non-ascii files. ================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How to modify or produce a keyboard template file This section introduces to you how to modify or produce a keyboard template file. IF YOU WISH ONLY TO USE THE KEYBOARD TEMPLATES SUPPLIED, YOU DON NOT NEED TO READ THIS SECTION. Though the KP Typing Tutor International Generation was developed to support most alphabet languages and keyboards templates, KP needs your help to make it more international, supporting your language, and the keyboards used in your country on behalf of your nation. I just made files "uk.key", "ukf.key", "us.key", "usf.key", "fr.key", "gr.key", "be.key" and "it.key", others were from people on the internet. If you decide to make a new keyboard template file, please read this section, and the copyright notice of KP. Hopefully you understand ASCII code, code page, extend code page. "*.key" is a text file that only contains integer numbers. The format of the file will be described below by some examples. The content of "usf.key" is: 0 7 9 11 13 96 126 14 49 33 14 50 64 13 51 35 12 52 36 11 53 37 11 54 94 16 55 38 16 56 42 17 57 40 18 48 41 19 45 95 19 61 43 19 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 13 113 81 4 119 87 3 101 69 2 114 82 1 116 84 1 121 89 6 117 85 6 105 73 7 111 79 8 112 80 9 91 123 19 93 125 19 92 124 19 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 7 2 7 2 11 97 65 4 115 83 3 100 68 2 102 70 1 103 71 1 104 72 6 106 74 6 107 75 7 108 76 8 59 58 19 39 34 19 3 3 3 3 3 3 11 11 7 7 7 7 11 11 3 3 3 3 7 2 7 2 10 122 90 4 120 88 3 99 67 2 118 86 1 98 66 1 110 78 6 109 77 6 44 60 17 46 62 18 47 63 19 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 7 2 7 2 IT SHOULD BE NOTICED that each line of a "usf.key" file will probably more than 80 characters, if you want to read and write a "*.key" file more easily, you may turn off the wrap line function of the editor. The following are descriptions for each line of this file: LINE ONE 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 0 7 9 11 Four numbers indicate the offsets from the left-most of the keyboard, for each line of keys from top to bottom. LINE TWO 222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222 13 96 126 14 49 33 14 50 64 13 51 35 12 52 36 11 53 37 11 54 94 16 55 38 16 56 42 17 57 40 18 48 41 19 45 95 19 61 43 19 The number 13 indicates there exist 13 keys in the top row of the keyboard; the following 13 groups of numbers indicate the information of the 13 keys on the top row of the keyboard. In each group, the first number indicates the ASCII code of the lower case character; the second indicates the ASCII code of the upper case character; the third indicates the attribute of the key. For example, in the second group, number 49 is the ASCII code of character '1', number 33 is the ASCII code of character '!', number 14 contains number 1 and 4, number 4 means the little finger of the left hand, number 1 means this key is divided into lower part and upper part. LINE THREE 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 These 13 groups of data indicate the colors of characters of each key. In each group, the FIRST number indicate the color of the LOWER case character, the SECOND indicate the color of the UPPER case character. LINE FOUR 44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 13 113 81 4 119 87 3 101 69 2 114 82 1 116 84 1 121 89 6 117 85 6 105 73 7 111 79 8 112 80 9 91 123 19 93 125 19 92 124 19 In this line, number 13 indicate there exist 13 keys on the second row. In the nineth group, number 79 is the ASCII code of 'O', number 111 is the ASCII code of 'o', number 8 contains number 0 and 8. number 0 means this key is for a alphabet letter, number 8 means the ring finger of the right hand. LINE FIVE 5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 7 2 7 2 LINE SIX 666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 11 97 65 4 115 83 3 100 68 2 102 70 1 103 71 1 104 72 6 106 74 6 107 75 7 108 76 8 59 58 19 39 34 19 LINE SEVEN 777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 3 3 3 3 3 3 11 11 7 7 7 7 11 11 3 3 3 3 7 2 7 2 LINE EIGHT 8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 10 122 90 4 120 88 3 99 67 2 118 86 1 98 66 1 110 78 6 109 77 6 44 60 17 46 62 18 47 63 19 LINE NINE 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 7 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 7 2 Symbolic constant numeric value: BLACK 0 BLUE 1 GREEN 2 CYAN 3 RED 4 MAGENTA 5 BROWN 6 LIGHTGRAY 7 DARKGRAY 8 LIGHTBLUE 9 LIGHTGREEN 10 LIGHTCYAN 11 LIGHTRED 12 LIGHTMAGENTA 13 YELLOW 14 WHITE 15 "Note: Some monitors do not recognise the intensity signal used to create the eight "light" colors(8-15). On such monitors, the light colors are displayed as their "dark" equivalents (0-7). Also, systems that do not display in color can treat these numbers as shades of one color, special patterns, or special attributes (such as underlined, bold, italics, and so on). Exactly what you"ll see on such systems depends on your hardware." (From Borland C++ on-line help) The ASCII code for each character in this file follow US code page (437).. In file "us.key", you can see an additional line with ten number, 6 14 5 3 4 6 15 5 3 4 which define the colors of ten fingers. The order is: l-t, l-i, l-m, l-r, l-l; r-t, r-i, r-m, r-l. Try to run "kpukf.bat". Which layout would you like? Hopefully, this example will give you some ideas how "kpus.bat" can work on various keyboards and different alphabet languages. Any other advice, comments, suggestions please send to me. Here, I also thank Miss Katrien Deroey who helped me to generate files of French, German, Belgium keyboard template. Zijian Huang 12, December 1995