Re: xkb-data with support for Mac keyboards into unstable

["Bin Zhang" <yangtze31@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On 9/23/06, Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just uploaded xkb-data 0.8-13 into unstable, it
> is available at http://people.debian.org/~barbier/tmp/

Thanks. It works fine on my ibook G4 1.2Ghz 12" french keyboard.

Some remarks about french ibook keyboard:

1) xorg.conf

Section "InputDevice"
      Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
      Driver          "kbd"
      Option          "CoreKeyboard"
      Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
      Option          "XkbModel"      "macintosh"
      #Option          "XkbModel"      "ibook"
      Option          "XkbLayout"     "fr"
      #Option          "XkbOptions"    "lv3:lwin_switch"
EndSection
 ===> No accesses to the special characters (~ [ ] { } | ...).

Section "InputDevice"
      Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
      Driver          "kbd"
      Option          "CoreKeyboard"
      Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
      #Option         "XkbModel"      "macintosh"
      Option          "XkbModel"      "ibook"
      Option          "XkbLayout"     "fr"
      #Option          "XkbOptions"    "lv3:lwin_switch"
EndSection
===> Access to the special characters by the KP_Enter key.

Section "InputDevice"
      Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
      Driver          "kbd"
      Option          "CoreKeyboard"
      Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
      Option          "XkbModel"      "macintosh"
      #Option          "XkbModel"      "ibook"
      Option          "XkbLayout"     "fr"
      Option          "XkbOptions"    "lv3:lwin_switch"
EndSection
===> Access to the special characters by the Apple key.

Section "InputDevice"
      Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
      Driver          "kbd"
      Option          "CoreKeyboard"
      Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
      #Option         "XkbModel"      "macintosh"
      Option          "XkbModel"      "ibook"
      Option          "XkbLayout"     "fr"
      Option          "XkbOptions"    "lv3:lwin_switch"
EndSection
 ===> Access to the special characters by the Apple key or KP_Enter key.


2) package console-data

I use mac-fr-ext (/usr/share/keymaps/mac/mac-fr-ext.kmap.gz) from
package console-data, which enables me to switch to X by ctrl + Apple
+ F7 and to write special characters using alt/option key in a
console.

With the xkb-data's default setting, I switch to console by ctrl +
alt/option + Fx, and write special characters with Apple or KP_Enter
key.

I have no preference among these two default settings.


Best regards,
Bin

> and will reach mirrors in almost a day.
>
> This version is very similar to 0.8-12exp4, I believe
> that it is pretty solid, but needs more polishing.
> We can discuss to change default settings and broken
> layouts, but keep in mind that since most layouts
> were unusable, people now have different habits and
> we cannot make everybody happy with default settings.
>
> Please, test it, send feedback if something does not
> work or can be improved, write documentation for other
> powerpc users that could be included in xkb-data, etc.
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Denis
>
>
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