Re: swiss german keyboard config needed

[nico dreher <nico.dreher@hgkz.net>]

Thanks for your help!

1.
I edited XF86Config-4 and .xmodmaprc as suggested.

2.
But @ still won't work. Instead I get:
Alt-Gr = ç.
I get no #, |, [, ], {, }, etc. but ¶, µ, ....

My XF86Config-4 looks like this:
Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"keyboard"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xfree86"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"macintosh"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"de_CH(extended)"
	Option		"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
EndSection

My .xmodmaprc looks like this:
! keycode and keysym remapping should generally be used only if the X
! server does not use the XKEYBOARD extension (i.e., there is a  
uncommented
! line "XkbDisable" in the keyboard section of /etc/X11/XF86Config)

! Note that keyboard keycodes are determined by the internal  
electronics of
! keyboard, not the host architecture.  For instance, PC keyboards are
! commonly found on machines other than Intel 80x86-compatibles.

keycode 10 = 1 plus bar onesuperior
keycode 11 = 2 quotedbl at twosuperior
keycode 12 = 3 asterisk numbersign threesuperior
keycode 13 = 4 dollar EuroSign onequarter
keycode 14 = 5 percent onehalf cent
keycode 15 = 6 ampersand yen fiveeighths
keycode 16 = 7 slash bar division
keycode 17 = 8 parenleft braceleft guillemotleft
keycode 18 = 9 parenright braceright guillemotright
keycode 19 = 0 equal braceright degree

keycode 94 = less greater backslash
keycode 21 = dead_circumflex quoteleft dead_tilde
keycode 34 = udiaeresis egrave bracketleft
keycode 47 = odiaeresis eacute
keycode 48 = adiaeresis agrave
keycode 49 = section degree
keycode 35 = dead_diaeresis exclam bracketright
keycode 37 = Control_L

keycode 64 = Meta_L
!keycode 66 = Caps_Lock

! There is no Delete key on Apple keyboard, some X apps need it
keycode  22 = BackSpace Terminate_Server Delete

! Soft-LineBreak key -> Compose
keycode 108 = Multi_key

! Apple key -> AltGR
keycode 115 = Mode_switch

% xmodmap -pm returns:
xmodmap:  up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x6d)
mod1        Meta_L (0x40),  Alt_R (0x71)
mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3
mod4
mod5        Scroll_Lock (0x4e)

Is there any other way to fix this?



On 03.12.2003, at 23:57, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:

> Am Mit, den 03.12.2003 schrieb Mich Lanners um 21:26:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On   2 Dec, this message from nico dreher echoed through cyberspace:
> > > I am looking for an ALT- and CTRL- configuration on a Swiss German
> > > qwertz keyboard (PowerBook G3 Lombard).
> > >
> > > I tried the sample .Xmodmap from
> > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2003/debian-powerpc-200308/
> > > msg00182.html (see quoted below).
> > >
> > > However I am looking for an .Xmodmap that behaves like on a standard
> > > Macintosh keyboard, i.e. @ = ALT + g, # = ALT + 3, | = ALT + 7, etc.
> >
> > How about the one attached below? It's for my swiss-french keyboard,  
> > but
> > I suppose most of the things you're looking for are identical.
> Physically swiss french and swiss german keyboards are identical. The
> keymap only differs in wheter you have to press shift for äöü or éàè. I
> was also looking for a good swiss mac keymap and thought about creating
> one. But because my solution worked most of the time I did not get to
> actually do it. Here is what I use:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>         Driver          "keyboard"
>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
>         Option          "XkbModel"      "macintosh"
>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "de_CH(extended)"
> EndSection
>
> and "keycode 115 = Mode_switch" in .xmodmaprc
>
> This makes the key labeld "alt" behave like in macos for key
> combinations (eg. alt-g is @) and the apple/option key works as real  
> alt
> (eg. for switching consoles, closing windows, ...)
>
>
> gaudenz
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > ---
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>
> btw why do you have a swiss french keyboard in luxembourg?
>
>
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