Bug#286581: xlibs: Error in key definition for Dutch keyboards
Hello Branden,
On Saturday 26 March 2005 07:18, Branden Robinson wrote:
> I've attached a patch. Because I am unable to evaluate its correctness
> (not having a Dutch keyboard), I ask you to please evaluate it. You
> can apply it to your running system by applying it as follows:
Thanks very much for creating the patch. On testing (after borrowing a
Dutch keyboard to test with) however, I discovered there was a lot more
wrong with the X definitions for Dutch keyboards.
The additional problems were:
- accent keys are expected to work as deadkeys;
- therefore, having accented characters defined (e.g. AltGr-a for รก) is
superfluous;
- EuroSign missing;
- a lot of characters were defined more than once (under different keys);
- some characters that were defined are not supported in iso-8859-15, the
preferred encoding for Dutch.
I have therefore created two new files:
1 /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/nl
.I have kept this file basic: only the characters actually printed on
the keyboard (with the 'yen' as only exception)
.This file has mainly been cleaned up; it is a subset of the second file
(there are no differences in the characters that _are_ defined)
2 /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/nl
.This file is a bit more elaborate: it supports almost all "extra"
characters available in the iso-8859-15 encoding
.This file is a complete rewrite and no longer depends on the definition
for the 'latin' keymap
I have extensively tested the _second_ file as that was the one used on
the command 'setxkbmap nl'.
I have not been able to find out how/when/where the _first_ file is used,
but have of course reviewed the changes carefully.
The following link shows the new keymap definition:
http://home.tiscali.nl/isildur/debian/xkbd_nl.html
A few remarks on the new definition:
- The ~ key is not a deadkey because the tilde is rarely (if ever) used
as an accent and because it _is_ used very often in Linux.
- There are some characters that are not defined in iso-8859-15. This is
because Dutch keyboards were originally developed for iso-8859-1 which
does have these characters. Because of the Euro iso-8859-15 is now
preferred. Also, these keys _do_ work under X11 (provided you save your
document in UTF encoding).
- Maybe it would be useful to create a "nodeadkeys" variant of this
keymap, but I have left that for later.
A diff from the old definitions is attached as well as a tarbal with the
new files.
I hope you do not find this patch too invasive. I've tried making a patch
with only the most essential changes, but the result was unsatisfactory
and even that patch got quite large.
If you can give me some hints on how the file /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/nl is
used, I'd be more than happy to test that as well (if possible).
Cheers,
Frans
diff -ur symbols.orig/nl symbols/nl
--- symbols.orig/nl 2005-04-03 22:58:40.0 +0200
+++ symbols/nl 2005-04-03 22:59:16.0 +0200
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
// converted from the nl-latin.map of the Linux kbd package by
// Pablo Saratxaga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+// Revised by Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, April 2005
default partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
// Describes the differences between a very simple US/ASCII
-// keyboard and a very simple Nederland keyboard
+// keyboard and a very simple Dutch keyboard
// Alphanumeric section
name[Group1]= "Nederland";
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
key { [ 4, dollar ],
[ onequarter ] };
key { [ 5, percent ],
- [ EuroSign ] };
+ [ onehalf ] };
key { [ 6, ampersand ],
[ threequarters ] };
key { [ 7, underscore ],
@@ -34,59 +35,40 @@
key { [ 0, apostrophe ] };
key { [ slash, question ],
[ backslash ] };
-key { [degree, dead_tilde ],
- [ dead_cedilla ] };
+key { [degree, asciitilde ],
+ [ dead_cedilla, dead_tilde ] };
key { [ e, E ],
- [eacute, Eacute ] };
+ [ EuroSign ] };
key { [ r, R ],
- [ paragraph, registered ] };
-key { [ t, T ],
- [ thorn, THORN ] };
+ [ paragraph ] };
key { [ y, Y ],
- [ ydiaeresis, yen ] };
-key { [ u, U ],
- [ udiaeresis, Udiaeresis ] };
-key { [ i, I ],
- [ idiaeresis, Idiaeresis ] };
-key { [ o, O ],
- [ograve, Ograve ] };
-key { [ p, P ],
- [ paragraph ] };
-key { [ dead_diaeresis, dead_tilde ],
- [ asciitilde, asciicircum ] };
+ [ yen ] };
+key { [ dead_diaeresis, dead_circumflex ],
+ [ asciicircum ] };
key { [ asterisk, bar ] };
-key { [ a, A ],
- [aacute, Aacute ] };
key { [ s, S ],
[ssharp ] };
-key { [ d, D ],
- [ eth, ETH ] };
-key { [ f, F ],
- [ o
Bug#286581: Processed: Bug#286581: xlibs: Error in key definition for Dutch keyboards
On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 01:18:06AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> I've attached a patch. Because I am unable to evaluate its correctness
> (not having a Dutch keyboard), I ask you to please evaluate it. You can
> apply it to your running system by applying it as follows:
>
> cd /etc/X11/xkb && patch -p3
> Use "setxkbmap nl" or restart the X server to make the change take effect.
I am a master of forgetting to attach attachments. :(
--
G. Branden Robinson| Measure with micrometer,
Debian GNU/Linux | mark with chalk,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | cut with axe,
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | hope like hell.
Swap left and right brackets on Dutch keyboard layouts, per Frans Pop and
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/index.htm?info/nls/rbagslayouts.htm
>.
See Debian #286581.
diff -urN xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols~/nl xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/nl
--- xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols~/nl 2002-06-04 17:50:58.0 -0500
+++ xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/nl 2005-03-26 01:12:46.576556094 -0500
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
[ periodcentered, guillemotright ] };
key { [ minus,equal ],
[hyphen ] };
-key { [ bracketleft, bracketright],
+key { [ bracketright, bracketleft ],
[ bar ] };
// End alphanumeric section
diff -urN xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols~/pc/nl xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/nl
--- xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols~/pc/nl 2005-03-26 01:05:49.89887 -0500
+++ xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/nl 2005-03-26 01:13:22.284529156 -0500
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
key { [period, colon, periodcentered, guillemotright ] };
key { [ minus, equal, hyphen, dead_abovedot] };
-key { [bracketleft, bracketright, bar,brokenbar ] };
+key { [bracketright, bracketleft, bar,brokenbar ] };
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
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severity 286581 normal tag 286581 + moreinfo retitle 286581 xlibs: left and right brackets swapped on Dutch (nl) keyboards thanks On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 03:48:13PM -0800, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > severity 286581 minor > Bug#286581: xlibs: Error in key definition for Dutch keyboards > Severity set to `minor'. No, "normal" was the correct severity for this, in my opinion. I do believe people's keyboards need to work correctly. :) I've attached a patch. Because I am unable to evaluate its correctness (not having a Dutch keyboard), I ask you to please evaluate it. You can apply it to your running system by applying it as follows: cd /etc/X11/xkb && patch -p3 http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Noam Chomsky signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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Bug#286581: xlibs: Error in key definition for Dutch keyboards
Package: xlibs Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 Severity: normal Tags: l10n Yesterday I created a new keyboard layout for console-data for keyboards with a Dutch keymap (see #286401). Denis Barbier checked my layout against the one for X and noticed an inconsistency in de definition for keycode 86. It seems that bracketleft and bracketright are switched in the definition for X: 86 unshifted should be ] 86 shifted should be [ On Monday 20 December 2004 23:41, Denis Barbier wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 11:18:08PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Monday 20 December 2004 22:58, Denis Barbier wrote: > > > Your keymap looks good, and it seems that X keyboard definition > > > switches brakcetleft and bracketright, can you please check so > > > that > > > this can also be fixed? > > > > ] is a normal keypress, [ is with shift (unlogical but true), so my > > definition is correct. > > See also: > > http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/index.htm?info/nls/rbagslayouts.htm > > I trust you, but please file a bugreport against xlibs so that other > interested people may give comments. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-10.0412-2 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
