libxklavier: to glib or not to glib? Part 2
After yesterday's discussion on IRC, we found that actually we have 3 options for introducing complex data structures to libxklavier:1. Add dependency on glib. Pros: glib is an actively maintained...
View ArticleKeyboard configuration in GNOME
It is very encouraging that the keyboard configuration in GNOME works rather seamlessly, for the languages that the X Input Method is suitable to use. For example, to get a stock installation of Ubuntu...
View ArticleCompose map for SuSE/KDE
My keyboard configuration in SuSE 10.0, using KDE, is missing the composition of 'v' with upper and lower case 's' and 'z' (s and z with caron), and no doubt others. My locale is en_US.UTF-8. These...
View Articlexkb directions and feature-removing changes
XKB configs seems to be very flexible (and arcane, too, of course) system. I deduced from the different sources (such as this community, and Keith Packard's papers) that it's very possible to have this...
View ArticleXKB: The Way To Be
Daniel Stone made an excellent presentation on XKB. Strongly recommended.
View Articlesetting layout per application
Hello! I heard it is possible to configure xkb to serve keyboard layout for each application, so for example i can type in russian in browser and keep typing in english in xterm without switching...
View ArticleIRC meeting regarding the keyboard (slightly GNOME-specific)
Yesterday, there was an interesting meeting on IRC regarding the input methods. Here is its log. Big thanks to everyone.
View ArticleKeyboard configuration UI (not too GNOME-specific)
There is an interesting discussion here:Again, layouts, countries, languages - what would be the most usable representation for the user. Everyone is welcome with ideas and comments.
View ArticleXKB and GTK shortcuts
Greetings!I'm new to the community and, as all newbies, I'm seeking answers ;-)My biggest problem after migration from Windpws to Linux was the keyboard in GTK-based GUI applications (Eclipse,...
View Article... libwhat?
There is probably a bit too many libraries related to the keyboard - in X Window System in general, and GNOME in particular. In order to explain their not-too-complex relationships and their places in...
View Articlegrp:ctrl_shift_toggle and other hotkeys starting with ctrl+shift
When enabled group changing for ctrl+shift other hotkeys such ctrl+shift+left stop working...Does anybody know a solution for this problem?
View ArticleThe rules to follow...
These days a lot of people contribute new layouts/variants/models to xkeyboard-config. Usually it is done through the freedesktop.org's bugzilla. Quite often that contributed code requires manual...
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Where should I put geometry for IBM ThinkPad Z60m, to geometry/thinkpad or geometry/lenovo? Or some other place?And how should be model named? Currently I choose thinkpadz60m, but this geometry also...
View ArticleXkb and Combining Characters
I need to implement keyboard layouts for several african languages, some with complex tonal marks: acute, grave, grave with dot below, acute with dot below (these are the ones i know now, but there may...
View ArticleISO codes: request for review
TWIMCPlease help reviewing the ISO codes, submit bugs either here or in fd.o bugzilla. Thanks, thanks, thanks.
View Articleone more time about RMLVO
There is an interesting blog post once again explaining some details of the XKB internals. It does not go too deep, does not touch "dark corners", but can be a good starting point. Highly recommended.
View ArticleBusiness as usual: pre-release freeze in xkeyboard-config
Yesterday I've committed last changes to the project before the pre-release freeze. The POT file is sent to the Translation Project. No more new models/layouts/variants/options, just bugfixes - till...
View ArticleIntro and request for documentation.
New to keyboard wizardry, I've just spent 3 days wondering round the net trying to figure out howmy Linux (Fedora core 9) gets from keyboard events to glyphs in emacs.Started when I decided to move to...
View ArticleEuropean multi-lingual layout
The CEN/MEEK worgroup is writing a recommendation for all European countries for implementing theirmultilinguage keyboards. In practice these recommendations will end up being used by parties such as...
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Please help me !How can i add more than four keyboard layouts on my Ubuntu 9.04 ? Is it fixable in this version of Ubuntu or i just should wait for next version (9.10 , where i hope this bug is fixed?)...
View ArticleXKB options: swap Ctrl and Super (windows) key
Hi, I haven't found a mailing list on the freedesktop wiki, so I assume this place is as good as any other place. I wanted to ask for a feature to be implemented in the xkb layouts. So, let me explain....
View ArticleLevel clarification needed
Hi guys,Let me get straight to my problem. The turkmen keyboard has different letters where x, c, v and q are supposed to be. So in the turkmen keyboard layout, I used:key.type[group1]="ALPHABETIC";To...
View Articlea new layout for both hands and one hand writing
i have created a Keyboard Layout that can be operated with both hands and optional with only one hand.http://www.entikey.z11.de/i have also packed a deb-packet, but i think it would be better to have...
View ArticleDreaming about XKB2
There is a standing joke dream about XKB2. That name is used to refer the idea of breaking annoying limitations of XKB (yes, in incompatible way). New X11 extension, new API.That thing was mentioned...
View ArticleXKB configuration
I haven't looked into the code for xkbcomp, so much I this will be speculation. Some things I know.The XKB configuration system is irretrievably arcane. The semanatics of the XKB configuration files...
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