Re: X and keyboard layouts
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 11:42:47AM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Bek Oberin hat gesagt: // Bek Oberin wrote:
>
> > One of the last remaining annoyances: I use a modified dvorak
> > keyboard layout (ie: not-quite-dvorak, but close) and do most of
> > my work in text-mode consoles. But sometimes I have to boot up
> > X to run Netscape or PilotManager.
> >
> > RedHad's X setup had -something- that automatically pulled my
> > keyboard layout out of loadkeys and put it into X so I -didn't-
> > have to figure out a xmodmap file (which I don't have made
> > up) and all that stuff.
> >
> > I figure Debian can prob'ly do anything RedHat can do ... is there
> > a way for this?
>
> I don't know if debian has this automatized like Redhat somewhere, but you
> can use "xkeycaps" to generate a xmodmap file for your layout.
> But maybe you can setup your keyboard with the basic X configuration tool
> /usr/bin/X11/XF86Setup or /usr/sbin/xbase-configure.
I use a Dvorak keyboard, and I didn't have to do any keyboard
reconfiguration under X other than the mandatory Delete/BackSpace
business. I was pretty surprised it went so well, actually.
I'm not using the XKEYBOARD extension, which doesn't have a good Dvorak
map (I heard one had been added to the Open Group's X source, but it
hasn't made its way to XF86 and/or Debian yet). If you haven't already
disabled XKEYBOARD in your XF86Config, try that.
miket
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