Update on the CA/CF keyboard issue
Le 3 Janvier 2007 09:09, Klaus Knopper a écrit :
> - I don't know how to fix the ca/cf keyboard issue. Really. I don't
> even know why it appeared between the KDE release in 4.0 to 5.0. If
> you have a simple fix, like "cp $file1 $location2", please send it
> to me and I will put it in the next release. I also don't know
> about all KDE internal structures and configuration objects. It's a
> bug that should be fixed upstream, then it will be fixed in ALL
> distributions that use KDE, on the next upgrade.
So, I checked the present 5.1 release and, of course, the ca_enhanced
file ( /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/ca_enhanced on my present Slackware
system ) is not there. Stangely there are no Sun dead keys variant
there these days. Instead there's now a slew of unhear of keyboard
variants such as Ike, FR (the CA and CF keyboards have nothing to do
with the FR keyboard), Multi, Multix, you name it. Pretty soon, there
might be a thousand variants for a single keyboard. Who will pretend
Linux is not complete?
The Multix variant produces pretty much the same results as the former
CA keyboard. Only <> {} [] are produced with the alt key instead of
the ctrl key. I suppose the confusion will grow next time.
So now, it's possible for me to produce the à and è letters in OOo
with the CA - Multix keyboard, but not ï, ü, ö, ë, (or ô, ê, î, û,
â), which, contrary to the umlaut-ed letters in German, are produced
with 2 keys.
The most often used keyboard in Quebec these days, the CF (here called
the CA default) of course doesn't also produce the letters à and è in
OOo because they have to be produced with two stokes. Only é is
possible. How come I'm the only one reporting on this? Isn't there
any other keyboard in the world that requires accented characters to
be produced with 2 keys?
Oh, have you tried this nifty little utility in OOo with which you can
type weird accented characters? How clever! Everytime you click a
letter, the interface closes. You must reopen the menu to get it back
to type the next letter. Nice design!
Anyways! Linux is not about accents. It's about supercomputers,
sending Man to outer space, etc. As for myself, need I say, I'm
getting a little fed up. Once again, I spent way too much time on
reporting a problem that will never get fixed or will get fixed to
reappear again in a release or two.
I'll need a new computer soon and, unless Debian, after 2 years of
tweaking, finally comes up with something that kinda works (I doubt
it) I do believe I'll plug my keyboard and monitor in a Mac Mini next
time, no Linux, all proprietary formats, etc.
I'm sure one more user quitting after 5 years of exclusive Linux use
won't stop Linux geeks having fun with their underdevelopment model
where everybody contributes, sometimes to fix things, sometimes to
break things. Finally, on efine day, all the internet will be on MS
standards and MS servers will fit the job better. (IIS is already
doing fairly good, I believe.) At the present time, I see no other
possible outcome.
This is what Linux "progression" really looks like:
August 2006, 0.47% market share of computers browsing the net:
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/
report.aspx?qprid=2&qpmr=15&qpdt=1&qpct=3&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=91
September, 0.40%
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/
report.aspx?qprid=2&qpmr=15&qpdt=1&qpct=3&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=92
October, 0.39%
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/
report.aspx?qprid=2&qpmr=15&qpdt=1&qpct=3&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=93
November: 0.37%
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/
report.aspx?qprid=2&qpmr=15&qpdt=1&qpct=3&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=94
(The sample size is more than 40,000 urls.) I hope someday the Linux
know-it-all geeks will reconsider their underdevelopment model.
Now, as for this background picture: it's bad. I'm a former
photographer and if there's anything I know, it's the technical
quality of a picture. The present background picture is so crappy
that it's beyond redemption in The GIMP. It's badly underexposed,
there's no detail in the shade, it lacks contrast and, even for an
almost color blind like me, it's got a green tone all over. Whether
you like the poles or the equator makes no difference, it's a
downright rotten picture. Final.
Shit, is it ever difficult to get the facts straight in the Linux
world!
Sorry for the non-developer rant. Have fun!
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