Pascal,
I'm probably not sufficiently aware of the open source process of fixing
bugs, but it is really easy to fix this bug by using the file I supplied
a few months ago for the Tajik keyboard lay-out. That's all that needs
to be done.
Erik
Pascal De Vuyst wrote:
> ** Changed in: xserver-xo
I changed the file usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/tj so that the AD09 key is
no longer dead, but produces cyrillic_shcha. The changed file is
attached. When using this it is possible to type all Tajik and Russian
words on the tj keyboard without having a dead key.
Erik
// $XKeyboardConfig: xkbdesc/sy
I don't think that it's a configuration option, but I do not know enough
about it to be sure.
The Tajik keyboard has several letters that are similar to Russian
letters, but that have an added '-' or ',' eg: 'x' and 'ҳ' . Years ago,
when I was running Mandrake, the Tajik keyboard would work in the
You are right that the bug was fixed in Feisty. I can type the extra
Tajik letters now.
However, it still looks a bit interesting becaus of the following
(examples using US keyboard):
The original Tajik keyboard layout was based on using the letter 'o' for
making the extra letters. For example: t
Public bug reported:
Specific Tajik characters are not produced by the Tajik keyboard
provided in Ubuntu. They should be made by typing the letter 'o'
followed by the character, e.g. o + x to make the ҳ but instead a , is
produced.
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Un
