The file “Italian.keylayout” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file.

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Kiba Bao la Kiswahili

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Nov 17, 2022, 11:59:27 AM11/17/22
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Hi,
I would like to add some letters to my default italian keyboard, but when I try to use the option "New From Current Input Source", which is Italian keyboard I get the following message: The file “Italian.keylayout” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file."

What can I do?

Thanks in advance
Nino

Sorin Paliga

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Nov 17, 2022, 12:34:26 PM11/17/22
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Use the Italian keyboard in the set of keyboards distributed with UKELELE, you will find it there. 

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Gé van Gasteren

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Nov 17, 2022, 1:43:24 PM11/17/22
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On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 5:59 PM Kiba Bao la Kiswahili <nenow...@gmail.com> wrote:
when I try to use the option "New From Current Input Source", which is Italian keyboard I get the following message: The file “Italian.keylayout” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file."

Still strange, that error. Which macOS version do you have and which Ukelele version?

By the way, from the layouts in the Ukelele repository, "Italian Pro" is a QWERTY layout that seems to match the new "Italian" layout; the old "Italian" layout is now called "Italian QZERTY".

John Brownie

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Nov 18, 2022, 1:43:09 AM11/18/22
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The error message means that the utility that converts the in-memory
format (uchr resource) to XML failed to produce a file, so Ukelele
couldn't open the file. Maybe I should find a way to improve that error
message.

John
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Kiba Bao la Kiswahili

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Nov 18, 2022, 3:43:30 AM11/18/22
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Thanks, I have MacOS Big Sur v. 11.7 and Ukelele 3.5.7

I didn't succeeded to finde the Ukelele repository! Where is it?

Sorin Paliga

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Nov 18, 2022, 4:01:35 AM11/18/22
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I told you: it is the folder bundled with Ukelele, so inside the dog

Sorin Paliga
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On 18 Nov 2022, at 10:43, Kiba Bao la Kiswahili <nenow...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks, I have MacOS Big Sur v. 11.7 and Ukelele 3.5.7
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Gé van Gasteren

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Nov 18, 2022, 4:04:27 AM11/18/22
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On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 9:43 AM Kiba Bao la Kiswahili <nenow...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks, I have MacOS Big Sur v. 11.7 and Ukelele 3.5.7

I didn't succeeded to finde the Ukelele repository! Where is it?
I have it inside my Applications folder, but it’s so long ago that I don’t remember if that is created automatically during installation or if you have to drag it from the opened .dmg yourself.

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@John: Just a layman’s attempt, please bear with me:
IF the command just issued is "New from current input source"
THEN set error message to "Sorry, an error occurred with the conversion routine. Please report this in the users group, mentioning “Italian” and “macOS 12.6”."
ELSE set error message to "Sorry, the Finder couldn’t find the file “Italian.keylayout”."
ENDIF

John Brownie

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Nov 18, 2022, 4:04:51 AM11/18/22
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Sorin Paliga wrote on 18/11/2022 11:01:
> I told you: it is the folder bundled with Ukelele, so inside the dog
I think that auto-correct has made a mess of this! It is on the disk
image from which you install Ukelele, in the folder Resources.

Gé van Gasteren

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Nov 18, 2022, 4:07:38 AM11/18/22
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On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 10:04 AM John Brownie <john_b...@sil.org> wrote:
Sorin Paliga wrote on 18/11/2022 11:01:
> I told you: it is the folder bundled with Ukelele, so inside the dog
I think that auto-correct has made a mess of this!

dmg -> dog 😅

Sorin Paliga

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Nov 18, 2022, 4:37:29 AM11/18/22
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Oh, my, my… That was the automatic spell checker of my iPhone! 

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Kiba Bao la Kiswahili

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Nov 18, 2022, 10:49:19 AM11/18/22
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Thanks you all! I've found the Italian keyboard bundled with Ukelele and it works!
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