xkb-data: Help needed for Macintosh keyboards
Hi folks,
PC keyboards have been redesigned in Xfree86 4.3 to allow loading
several layouts (for instance us+ru+fr); in xkeyboard-config, all
previous PC layouts have been dropped and replaced by these new
layouts.
But Macintosh keyboards have not been updated, mainly because
upstream does not have such hardware, and also because people
seem to want different default options for their special keys.
I just uploaded xkb-data_0.8-8exp1_all.deb into experimental to
try to fix this mess. Unfortunately I also have no Mac keyboard,
so I could not test it at all and need your help to find and fix
bugs. When everything is in good shape, I will forward these
patches to upstream.
In this version, Macintosh layouts are modified like PC ones,
3rd and 4th levels are kept in the 1st group instead of belonging
to a 2nd group. You may need additional options (see for instance
/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst) to fit your needs.
Please test and file bug reports against xkb-data, I really need
your help to fix bugs and thus have a chance to upload into unstable.
Thanks.
Denis
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