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Bug#704768: debian-installer: no neo2 keymap



Am 05.04.2013 20:56, schrieb Christian PERRIER:
> Quoting Simon Reinhardt (simon.reinhardt@stud.uni-regensburg.de):
>> Package: debian-installer
>> Version: wheezy RC-1-Release
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a keyboard with the german "Neo2" layout.
>> Currently it appears that there is no option to select it in the debian-
>> installer.
>> I can only enable it after the installation with "dpkg --reconfigure keyboard-
>> configuration".
>> Would be great to have it in the installer!
> 
> 
> Just like we had for the many request for some "non standard" keymaps
> which we had in the past, I'll make the same answer : adding more
> keymapsto the installer has a cost, in memory and complexity. We
> deliberately chose several years ago to not make things too
> complicated for users : for instance, for each language we usually
> offer one option, usually the most widespread one in the countries
> that use this language.
> 
> The overall rationale is that users of less common keymaps will always
> have the opportunity to reconfigure console-setup on the installed system.
> 
Thanks for your fast answer.
One problem is, that the neo2 layout is completely different to the qwertz.
And it is not so uncommon. At least not among Debian users :-).
I know that there are quite a lot of people on the debian-user-german
list who use it.

Regards,
Simon

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