Commonly Asked Questions

Compatibility

1. Does the My-T-Soft Keyboard work with all Windows Applications?

Yes.

2. Does the My-T-Soft Keyboard for Linux work with GNOME, or KDE, or only certain distributions?

The run-time software for Linux is written at the XLib level, which means just about all newer Linux Distributions (and many older distros), running GNOME / KDE / or other similar Window Manager, will have no issues with the run-time My-T-Soft for Linux.

Build-A-Board Operation

3. What is the difference between the builder and the run-time keyboards?

The builder is the development tool that let's you customize layouts, and choose targets. For actual End-Users that just need to use the keyboard layout, only the run-time software (installed on the target system) is required. Your layout will be a .KBF file (KeyBoard File with a file extension of KBF), and if only one layout is used, the default KEYBOARD.KBF needs to be on the run-time target system. For multiple layouts, each layout's name needs to be available, along with the default opening layout (named KEYBOARD.KBF). Currently the Builder can only run within Windows, while the keyboards (as targets) can run in any supported platform, including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.