Works perfectly fine using the keymapper.
First klick on the key in the mapper and delete the mapping. Then klick
on the key that should appear first in your sequence, klick add and then
press the key (keyboard now!) that should trigger the sequence. Next
klick on the key that should appear as second in your sequence, klick
add, then the key again that should trigger the sequence. Continue like
that until you got all chars of your sequence. Klick save and exit the
keymapper.

thanks for the reply.

Keymapper is doing a similar thing as when I tried to edit the mapper.txt file to get what I wanted because the keymapper program was not working for me. Example- I am trying to use keymapper now:

key_w is bound to 'r' and 'e' (re)
when I get into dos prompt and press w I get

[nothing] no space or any letter/symbol

key_e is bound to nothing, I deleted all mappings
when I press e into dos prompt I get

w

key_r is bound to 'r' (normal condition)
when I press r I get

'r' and 'w' (rw)

.keylayout files would be best for me because I need to type text as well as commands into dos in the same 'game' [generic cadd]. And I would hope to use text normally and when shift lock is on all the keys would become key/text sequences.

Thanks much for your consideration.

You're reverse in the logic 😉
What you see on the screen are the generated keys. If you want the key
x on your keyboard to produce w and e, klick on the w, klick add, hit the
x key (on your keyboard), then klick on the e key, klick add, hit the x key.
Then finally klick on the x and remove the x event (try it without that!).

Thanks wd.

I finally understand how it works.

between the ability to assign keystrokes from within the program on the function keys and assigning keystrokes with the numbers below with keymapper I am stoked.

!!