Wikified for future viewing pleasure, since more people will undoubtedly want to do this in the future - please improve! I can't do much more than post these notes, having never done keyboard layouts myself.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/How_to_create_a_keyboard_layout (Also linked to from http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Keyboard_layouts#How_to_create_a_keyboard_layout). -Mel Bernie Innocenti wrote: > Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote: >> I'm not sure about the workflow for adding new keyboards - do I add >> the relevant changes to xkeyboard-config and start a build in Koji ? >> Thanks, > > Both me and Arjun did it in the past. It's not complicated: > > - checkout the Freedesktop xkeyboard-config CVS > http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig/Development > - read the rules for submitting xkeyboard-config patches: > http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig/Rules > - apply your changes there > - diff to obtain a patch > - open a bug in Freedesktop's bugzilla with the patch attached > - wait for Sergey Udaltsov to apply it > > In parallel, you can add the patch to the package: > > - obtain a Fedora account if you do not have one already > - checkout Fedora CVS for xkeyboard-config > - go to the OLPC-2 branch (check with dgilmore if you also need OLPC-3) > - add your patch (see how the others were done) > - commit your changes > - rebuild in Koji > - your changes will appear in the next joyride build > > > I could do this work for the tr keyboard, but my time is very limited > and long term we need to find another volunteer to replace me. > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
