Hallo Denis,
On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 11:34:14PM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote:
> 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:
Thats what I did, my output differs slightly:
> KeyRelease event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
32 0x1000001
> root 0x135, subw 0x0, time 3784639752, (874,-79), root:(886,584),
0x44 4192263880 (117,59) (613,86)
> state 0x0, keycode 21 (keysym 0xb4, acute), same_screen YES,
0x1 0x60, grave
> XLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c2 b4) "´"
1 (60) "`"
Strange, in vim I get a `, while on the console I now get a ,
> > 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?
Will do so over the weekend.
> > 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 ] };
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