Around 22 o'clock on Feb 20, Isam Bayazidi wrote:
> Arabic_lam_alef > Arabic_lam_hamzaonalef > Arabic_lam_hamzaunderalef > Arabic_lam_maddaonalef > > each of those symbols exist in the keyboard, but each represent 2 letters, > not one like all other keys.. Just to clarify -- there is no single unique name that represents the functions of these keys, they are named by the combination of symbols as shown here. And these keys are commonly available on Arabic keyboards using this same "symbol", with the same conventional meaning. Do you have a picture we can see? > Please excuse me for my ignorance in XFree structure, but how can I know > what the keysym will return The keysym is just a number representing the symbol on the key; once we define it for XFree86, it will always be the same number and be provided in keysymdef.h. Applications are free to do whatever they want with this keysym value. > As I understood the keysym code does not represent any actual charset , > right ? Yes. Keysyms are just numbers; the translation of keysym to application action is not prescripted by the protocol. > This whole thing for me confused, but I am determain to fix this issue > what ever it takes :-) If my understanding is correct, we're not far from a solution now. Adding new keysyms is relatively easy once the decision is made that the new symbol is necessary. Keith Packard XFree86 Core Team Compaq Cambridge Research Lab _______________________________________________ I18n mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/i18n
