On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 03:52:11PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> So the following still needs to be done for a german ibook keyboard:
>
> 1. When pressing the key between ß? and backspace, I still get
> nothing, while I expect ' as printed on the key. With the shift
> modifier it works. This is keycode 21.
It works for me, please try with xev:
KeyRelease event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0x135, subw 0x0, time 3784639752, (874,-79), root:(886,584),
state 0x0, keycode 21 (keysym 0xb4, acute), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c2 b4) "´"
> 2. The AltGr-Bracket sequence is still "wrong", i.e. I would like the
> PC style version, i.e. (starting at AltGR-7) {[]}\ while I get
> (starting at AltGr-5) []|{}}\. This behaviour should be switchable.
> Also I still wonder why "}" is on AltGr-9 *and* AltGr-0.
>
> 3. AltGr-Q still produces "«" and not "@"
>
> I am happy that you kept AltGr-Y and AltGr-X as "«" and "»".
Can you please test this patch, and if possible discuss improvements
with other German Mac users?
> Also several characters are on several positions, e.g. `, ~, |, «, ß,
> }. As of now, I don't see this as a problem, but maybe a general
> consensus should be found regarding the AltGr-mapping.
This is indeed usually not a problem.
Denis
Index: xkb-data/symbols/macintosh_vndr/de
===================================================================
--- xkb-data.orig/symbols/macintosh_vndr/de
+++ xkb-data/symbols/macintosh_vndr/de
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@
key <AE02> { [ 2, quotedbl, twosuperior
] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, section, threesuperior,sterling
] };
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, onequarter, currency
] };
- key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, bracketleft
] };
- key <AE06> { [ 6, ampersand, bracketright
] };
- key <AE07> { [ 7, slash, bar, backslash
] };
- key <AE08> { [ 8, parenleft, braceleft, asciitilde
] };
- key <AE09> { [ 9, parenright, braceright
] };
+ key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, onehalf
] };
+ key <AE06> { [ 6, ampersand, notsign ]
};
+ key <AE07> { [ 7, slash, braceleft, seveneighths
] };
+ key <AE08> { [ 8, parenleft, bracketleft, trademark
] };
+ key <AE09> { [ 9, parenright, bracketright, plusminus
] };
key <AE10> { [ 0, equal, braceright, degree
] };
key <AE11> { [ ssharp, question, backslash, questiondown
] };
key <AE12> { [ dead_acute, dead_grave, dead_cedilla
] };
- key <AD01> { [ q, Q, guillemotleft,guillemotright ]
};
+ key <AD01> { [ q, Q, at ]
};
key <AD03> { [ e, E, EuroSign ]
};
key <AD04> { [ r, R, registered ]
};
key <AD05> { [ t, T ] };
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
key <AC11> { [ adiaeresis, Adiaeresis, dead_circumflex
] };
key <LSGT> { [ less, greater, bar
] };
- key <AB01> { [ y, Y, guillemotleft,less ]
};
+ key <AB01> { [ y, Y, guillemotright, less ] };
+ key <AB02> { [ x, X, guillemotleft, greater ] };
key <AB06> { [ n, N, asciitilde ]
};
key <AB07> { [ m, M, mu ]
};
key <AB08> { [ comma, semicolon ] };
