If you've been using MouseCode Keyboard for a while & have a solid grasp of Morse Code (and MouseCode), here are some additional shortcut patterns you can use to make it more efficient.
Don't worry, you can safely ignore all of these unless you feel like using them.
| Word | Digraph |
|---|---|
| the | THE |
| The | XTHE |
| and | AND |
| him | HIM |
| her | HER |
| them | THEM |
| then | THEN |
| there | THERE |
| for | FOR |
| of | OF |
| w/ | .-- .- |
| with | WITH |
| LOL | LOL |
AND = XAND
OR = XOR
These words can be entered as a single long pattern without endmarks. You can capitalize the first letter by beginning the pattern with X.
These contractions can be entered as XiM/XiVE/XiL or XiLL
| 'll | KL | you'll = Y O U KL |
| 'nt | KNT | can't = C A KNT |
| o' | KO | o'clock = KO C L O C K |
| 's | KS | that's = T H A T KS |
| 've | KV or KVE |
should've = S H O U L D KV |
| Direction | Digraph | Pattern |
|---|---|---|
| N. | =N | -...- -. |
| S. | =S | -...- ... |
| E. | =E | -...- . |
| W. | =W | -...- .-- |
| N.E. | =NE | -...- -. . |
| S.E. | =SE | -...- ... . |
| S.W. | =SW | -...- ... .-- |
| N.W. | =NW | -...- -. .-- |
| Abbreviation | Digraph | Pattern |
|---|---|---|
| St. | =ST | -...- ... - |
| Ave. | =AV | -...- .- ...- |
| Blvd. | =BL | -...- -... .-.. |
| Hwy. | =HW | -...- .... .-- |
| Fwy. | =FW | -...- ..-. .-- |
| SR- | =SR | -...- ... .-. |
| US- | =US | -...- ..- ... |
| I- | =i | -...- .. |
| Ct. | =CT | -...- -.-. - |
| Cir. | =Ci or =CiR |
-...- .. -...- .. .-. |
| I'm on I-95 | XiM¤ ¤ O¤N¤ ¤ =i¤95¤ | |
| 666 S.W. 8th St. | 6¤6¤6¤¤ =SW¤ 8¤T¤H¤¤ =ST¤ | |
| Who's there? | WHO¤KS¤ THERE¤?¤ |