Re: Full Debian install impressions and facts
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 10:16:40AM +0100, Alastair McKinstry wrote: > >On 18.IV.2004 at 13:27 (-0500) Branden Robinson wrote: > >> > >> The main challenge here, as I understand it, is that d-i basically uses > >> console-data's paradigm for keyboard description. So what we need is a > >> gigantic mapping table in xserver-xfree86.config to translate > >> console-data keyboard descriptions into XKB > >> Rules/Model/Layout(/Variant?) tuples. [...] > One of my post-sarge TODO items for console-tools is to implement xkb > keyboard parsing in loadkeys (using X11 libraries). Then merging the > two keymap sets, with the X ones being definitive (ie removing > separate keymaps for the console). > > So I would prefer to have the table in console-data > and have kbd-chooser / prebaseconfig seed the debconf database > for X11. > > Any comments? That would completely rock. > What debconf entries would need to be set? Well, the template names I use for XFree86 are: xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/rules xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/model xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/layout xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/variant xserver-xfree86/config/inputdevice/keyboard/options These could easily become shared templates. -- G. Branden Robinson| Arguments, like men, are often Debian GNU/Linux | pretenders. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Plato http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Full Debian install impressions and facts
>On 18.IV.2004 at 13:27 (-0500) Branden Robinson wrote: >> >> The main challenge here, as I understand it, is that d-i basically uses >> console-data's paradigm for keyboard description. So what we need is a >> gigantic mapping table in xserver-xfree86.config to translate >> console-data keyboard descriptions into XKB >> Rules/Model/Layout(/Variant?) tuples. > >The package console-cyrillic does the oposite for the Cyrillic >languages. This package is simply an inteligent wrapper arount >`consolechars' and `loadkeys'. It provides the Linux console with >flexible keyboard configuration similar to what xkb provides to X >Window. > >It is possible to extend the functionality of console-cyrillic to >cover non-Cyrillic languages, but this would require manual conversion >of the files in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols to another format. > >Anton Zinoviev One of my post-sarge TODO items for console-tools is to implement xkb keyboard parsing in loadkeys (using X11 libraries). Then merging the two keymap sets, with the X ones being definitive (ie removing separate keymaps for the console). So I would prefer to have the table in console-data and have kbd-chooser / prebaseconfig seed the debconf database for X11. Any comments? What debconf entries would need to be set? - Alastair
Re: Full Debian install impressions and facts
On 18.IV.2004 at 13:27 (-0500) Branden Robinson wrote: > > The main challenge here, as I understand it, is that d-i basically uses > console-data's paradigm for keyboard description. So what we need is a > gigantic mapping table in xserver-xfree86.config to translate > console-data keyboard descriptions into XKB > Rules/Model/Layout(/Variant?) tuples. The package console-cyrillic does the oposite for the Cyrillic languages. This package is simply an inteligent wrapper arount `consolechars' and `loadkeys'. It provides the Linux console with flexible keyboard configuration similar to what xkb provides to X Window. It is possible to extend the functionality of console-cyrillic to cover non-Cyrillic languages, but this would require manual conversion of the files in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols to another format. Anton Zinoviev
Re: Full Debian install impressions and facts
On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 10:59:33AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > The XFree keyboard was US layout while I had chosen a french layout > for the console keyboard during d-i. I think we need some closer > interaction between the console-* package settings and the xfree settings. This has been reported many times (see #238778, for example) and the Debian X Strike Force knows it's a problem. I've also communicated with Joey Hess about it. The main challenge here, as I understand it, is that d-i basically uses console-data's paradigm for keyboard description. So what we need is a gigantic mapping table in xserver-xfree86.config to translate console-data keyboard descriptions into XKB Rules/Model/Layout(/Variant?) tuples. -- G. Branden Robinson| Debian GNU/Linux | Ab abusu ad usum non valet [EMAIL PROTECTED] | consequentia. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | signature.asc Description: Digital signature
