On 2/12/2008, at 1:06 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > > Alexander: > >> 2008/12/1 Calum Benson <Calum.Benson at sun.com <mailto:Calum.Benson at >> sun.com >> >> >> On 27 Nov 2008, at 14:57, Johann Gile wrote: >>> why does the GNOME Keyboard Preferences not have a 'Layouts' tabs as >>> in Linux? >> >> The short answer is that the Linux version is rather broken. >> >> Isn't that a bit *too* short? :) > > Did you not read the bug report pointers Calum provided? They > explain the > problem in detail. > >> I mean, after all, the Linux >> version allows to easily achieve what he (and also I) >> wants. > > libxklavier depends on X.org Xserver interfaces which are not a part > of the > X11 specifications. Therefore, if you use libxklavier across > different > Xservers (such as X.org and Xsun), then it can behave in very broken > ways. > For example, even Xmodmap files do not have a standard format. It > would > be better if X11 provided more specified interfaces for accessing > this sort > of information.
I think this is no longer an issue as we move towards the X.org world. I think the keyboard layouts are worth considering again, especially so as Xsun gets phased out (as it has already done in OpenSolaris). Anyone interested in championing the change back in? Glynn
