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Unicode Input Tab (Unicode Edition Only)

Unicode Edition can optionally select your APL keyboard each time you start APL. To choose this option, select one of your installed APL keyboards, enable the Activate selected keyboard checkbox, then click OK

configuration dialog unicode input tab
Figure 1: configuration dialog unicode input tab

Table 1: Configuration dialog: Unicode Input
Label Parameter Description
Activate selected keyboard InitialKeyboardLayoutInUse If checked, the specified APL keyboard is activated on start-up.
Show keyboards for all Languages InitialKeyboardLayoutShowAll If checked, all installed keyboards are displayed. Otherwise, only Dyalog keyboards are shown
Keyboard InitialKeyboardLayout the APL keyboard to be selected.
Configure Layout   Displays thefollowng dialog box.

Input Method Editor Properties

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Figure 2: ime properties

Table 2: Dyalog Input Method Editor Properties
Label Parameter Description
Use Ctrl-X,C,V for clipboard UseXCV specifies whether or not the commonly used keystrokes for copy, cut and paste are recognised as such.
Enable Backtick Keyboard introducer    
Enable Overstrikes ResolveOverstrikes 1 = enable overstrikes. 0 = disable overstrikes
Overstrikes do not require the OS introducer key   1 = IME identifies overstrike operation automatically 0 = IME requires the key (default Ctrl+Bksp) to signal an overstrike operation
Use Overstrike popup OverstrikesPopup 1 = enable the overstrike popup. 0 = disable the overstrike popup