Package: xkb-data Version: 2.5.1-3 Tags: patch I have written a new GB keyboard layout providing a much fuller "international" (European) coverage than the current offering, based on a similar US one. It is attached here; it would be nice to incorporate it into the package.
I'm attaching it in both plain text and gzipped, in case the plain text version gets mushed. Julian
--- /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/gb.distrib 2012-12-25 11:40:03.000000000 +0000 +++ /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/gb 2013-06-09 09:26:41.000000000 +0100 @@ -199,3 +199,99 @@ include "level3(ralt_switch)" }; + + +// This is based on the altgr-intl from the us keyboard file. +// The author of that section wrote: +// +// <quote> +// I do NOT like dead-keys - the International keyboard as defined by Microsoft +// doesn't fit my needs. Why use two keystrokes for all simple characters (eg ' +// and <space> generates a single ') just to have an é (eacute) in two strokes +// as well? I type ' more often than é (eacute). +// +// This file works just like a regular keyboard, BUT has all dead-keys +// accessible at level3 (through AltGr). An ë (ediaeresis) is now: AltGr+" +// followed by an e. In other words, this keyboard is not international as long +// as you leave the right Alt key alone. +// +// The original MS International keyboard was intended for Latin1 (iso8859-1). +// With the introduction of iso8859-15, the (important) ligature oe (and OE) +// became available. I added them next to ae. Because I write ediaeresis more +// often than registered, I moved registered to be next to copyright and added +// ediaeresis and idiaeresis. - Adriaan +// </quote> +// +// I have modified this layout to work with the UK (GB) keyboard, and +// written out the layout in full (the us version imports the us(intl) +// layout first, but the gb(intl) layout is much sparser). +// +// I have also moved all of the dead keys to the right Alt position, +// rather than having some in the third and some in the fourth +// position, for consistency. +// -- j...@debian.org + +partial alphanumeric_keys +xkb_symbols "altgr-intl" { + + name[Group1]= "English (UK, international AltGr dead keys)"; + + include "latin" + + // Alphanumeric section + key <TLDE> { [ grave, notsign, dead_grave, bar ] }; + key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, exclamdown, onesuperior ] }; + key <AE02> { [ 2, quotedbl,dead_diaeresis, twosuperior ] }; + key <AE03> { [ 3, sterling, threesuperior, onethird ] }; + key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, EuroSign, onequarter ] }; + key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, dead_cedilla, EuroSign ] }; + key <AE06> { [ 6,asciicircum,dead_circumflex, onesixth ] }; + key <AE07> { [ 7, ampersand, dead_horn, onehalf ] }; + key <AE08> { [ 8, asterisk, dead_ogonek, threequarters ] }; + key <AE09> { [ 9, parenleft, dead_breve, leftsinglequotemark ] }; + key <AE10> { [ 0, parenright,dead_abovering, rightsinglequotemark ] }; + key <AE11> { [ minus, underscore, yen, dead_belowdot ] }; + key <AE12> { [ equal, plus, multiply, division ] }; + + key <AD01> { [ q, Q, adiaeresis, Adiaeresis ] }; + key <AD02> { [ w, W, aring, Aring ] }; + key <AD03> { [ e, E, eacute, Eacute ] }; + key <AD04> { [ r, R, ediaeresis, Ediaeresis ] }; + key <AD05> { [ t, T, thorn, THORN ] }; + key <AD06> { [ y, Y, udiaeresis, Udiaeresis ] }; + key <AD07> { [ u, U, uacute, Uacute ] }; + key <AD08> { [ i, I, iacute, Iacute ] }; + key <AD09> { [ o, O, oacute, Oacute ] }; + key <AD10> { [ p, P, odiaeresis, Odiaeresis ] }; + key <AD11> { [ bracketleft, braceleft, guillemotleft, leftdoublequotemark ] }; + key <AD12> { [bracketright, braceright, guillemotright, rightdoublequotemark ] }; + + key <AC01> { [ a, A, aacute, Aacute ] }; + key <AC02> { [ s, S, ssharp, section ] }; + key <AC03> { [ d, D, eth, ETH ] }; + key <AC04> { [ f, F, f, F ] }; + key <AC05> { [ g, G, g, G ] }; + key <AC06> { [ h, H, h, H ] }; + key <AC07> { [ j, J, idiaeresis, Idiaeresis ] }; + key <AC08> { [ k, K, oe, OE ] }; + + key <AC09> { [ l, L, oslash, Ooblique ] }; + key <AC10> { [ semicolon, colon, paragraph, degree ] }; + key <AC11> { [apostrophe, at, dead_acute, bar ] }; + + key <AB01> { [ z, Z, ae, AE ] }; + key <AB02> { [ x, X, oe, OE ] }; + key <AB03> { [ c, C, copyright, cent ] }; + key <AB04> { [ v, V, registered, registered ] }; + key <AB05> { [ b, B, b, B ] }; + key <AB06> { [ n, N, ntilde, Ntilde ] }; + key <AB07> { [ m, M, mu, mu ] }; + key <AB08> { [ comma, less, ccedilla, Ccedilla ] }; + key <AB09> { [ period, greater, dead_abovedot, dead_caron ] }; + key <AB10> { [ slash, question, questiondown, dead_hook ] }; + key <BKSL> { [ numbersign, asciitilde,dead_tilde, bar ] }; + key <LSGT> { [ backslash, bar, bar, brokenbar ] }; + + include "level3(ralt_switch)" +}; +
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