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T. Wright (tw116@cus.cam.ac.uk) led us to believe 
in <4kqul9$bt@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> that...
> Does anyone know how to edit keymaps?  I tried looking at them with a 
> binary editor but couldn't spot any pattern.

> I would like to use the typographical symbols (quotes, em-dash etc.) which
> are there in some of the decent CG or PS fonts with WW, FW etc., but
> ignored by almost all the Amiga programs.  I would like to remap them to
> some of the weird symbols (a,u with strange accents for example). 

> I did try a keymap editor, but Wordworth didn't seem to use the new symbols 
> in its fonts - not the ones I wanted anyway.  I know they are there, as that 
> TypeSmith demo on Aminet CD something recognised them - ASCII around 170.

Try Aminet :

EditKeys163.lha    util/misc   40K  11+Keymap file editor
KeyMapEd.lha       util/misc   25K 128+Keymap Editor
kme.lha            util/misc   49K 191+Another keymap editor v1.2

You realise that all the extended chars are accessible by using the Alt and
Alt+Shift keys when pressing the normal keys, don't you ?

E.g Pressing alt + e brings up a copyright symbol () on the standard GB
keymap.

Hope this helps.
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