Re: Debian Linux keyboard mapping files ...
$ ls -l /etc/console-setup/boottime.kmap.gz
ls: cannot access '/etc/console-setup/boottime.kmap.gz': No such file
or directory
$
Or did you mean in the /etc/console-setup of the installation CD/DVD?
~
$ file /etc/console-setup/compose.KOI8-R.inc
/etc/console-setup/compose.KOI8-R.inc: ASCII text
$ ls -l /etc/console-setup/compose.KOI8-R.inc &
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31 Apr 6 2017 /etc/console-setup/compose.KOI8-R.inc
$ wc -l /etc/console-setup/compose.KOI8-R.inc &
1 /etc/console-setup/compose.KOI8-R.inc
$ cat /etc/console-setup/compose.KOI8-R.inc &[2] 8630
# Compose sequences for KOI8-R
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$ ls -l /etc/console-setup/
total 144
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 819 Mar 10 2018 cached_ISO-8859-15.acm.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4736 Mar 10 2018 cached_ISO-8859-15_del.kmap.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2427 Mar 10 2018 cached_Lat15-Fixed16.psf.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 473 Feb 17 06:49 cached_setup_font.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 199 Feb 17 06:49 cached_setup_keyboard.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 73 Feb 17 06:49 cached_setup_terminal.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4024 Feb 17 06:49 cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34 Apr 6 2017 compose.ARMSCII-8.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31 Apr 6 2017 compose.CP1251.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31 Apr 6 2017 compose.CP1255.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31 Apr 6 2017 compose.CP1256.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41 Apr 6 2017 compose.GEORGIAN-ACADEMY.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36 Apr 6 2017 compose.GEORGIAN-PS.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32 Apr 6 2017 compose.IBM1133.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISIRI-3342.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-10.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-11.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3737 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-13.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3020 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-14.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3552 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-15.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-16.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3596 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-1.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2893 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-2.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3387 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-3.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2805 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-4.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-5.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-6.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1217 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-7.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-8.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3617 Apr 6 2017 compose.ISO-8859-9.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31 Apr 6 2017 compose.KOI8-R.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31 Apr 6 2017 compose.KOI8-U.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32 Apr 6 2017 compose.TIS-620.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31 Apr 6 2017 compose.VISCII.inc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1359 Apr 6 2017 remap.inc
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> I'm not quite sure I can reconcile your subject line and text.
Given the baseline option a user chooses as "language" during
installation, the codes sent by the keyboard should be interpreted.
There should be files with the associations of (unicode) numbers and
keys on a keyboard. I don't think that information is "secret" in any
way. Where can I find those files?
> The eventual mapping is then placed in /etc/console-setup/, so mine
> is in /etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz
$ ls -l /etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4024 Feb 17 06:49
/etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz
$ cp -v /etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz /home/$(whoami)/temp
'/etc/console-setup/cached_UTF-8_del.km
ap.gz' -> '/home/debian/temp/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap.gz'
and in this file:
$ ls -l /home/debian/temp/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 debian debian 122418 Jul 1 11:51
/home/debian/temp/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap/cached_UTF-8_del.kmap
I see no indication whatsoever about the fact that I am using a
standard dvorak keyboard right now and that I am typing in English.
I mean something like:
http://xahlee.info/kbd/russian_keyboard_layout.html
Most probably I can't get why anyone would spend time doing such
things, but Xah Lee seems to be interested on the (IMO nonsensical)
"heat map" produced by typing the first chapter of Dostoevsky's "Crime
and Punishment".
I just need, given the language, the unicode keys on regular keyboards
out there.
I may be wrong, but I don't think that my English is so bad and/or my
question so unhinged.
> the raw information appears to be under /usr/share/X11/xkb/
$ ls -l "/usr/share/X11/xkb/"
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 17 06:30 compat
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 17 06:30 geometry
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 17 06:30 keycodes
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 17 06:30 rules
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Feb 17 06:30 symbols
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 17 06:30 types
$
find "/usr/share/X11/xkb" -type f -exec grep -il "iso\|lang" {} \;
...
bingo!, but as you said those files look worrying complicated and intratextual.
"The way I understand reality"; given a language, there should be
just tables associating unicodes to keys on a keyboard
>I did just type
>$ apt-file find keymaps
>and it looks as though installing "console-data" might yield
>some interesting files to peruse
# apt-get install console-data
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
console-common
Suggested packages:
unicode-data
The following NEW packages will be installed:
console-common console-data
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 147 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,270 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,996 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 console-data all
2:1.12-5 [1,150 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 console-common
all 0.7.89 [120 kB]
Fetched 1,270 kB in 0s (2,998 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package console-data.
(Reading database ... 265142 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../console-data_2%3a1.12-5_all.deb ...
Unpacking console-data (2:1.12-5) ...
Selecting previously unselected package console-common.
Preparing to unpack .../console-common_0.7.89_all.deb ...
Unpacking console-common (0.7.89) ...
Setting up console-data (2:1.12-5) ...
Looking for keymap to install:
NONE
Setting up console-common (0.7.89) ...
Looking for keymap to install:
NONE
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
#
$ ls -l "/usr/share/console-setup/"
total 44
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 272 Apr 6 2017 console-setup
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1793 Oct 9 2016 kbdnames-maker
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140 Apr 6 2017 keyboard
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31177 Apr 6 2017 KeyboardNames.pl
$ file "/usr/share/console-setup/KeyboardNames.pl"
/usr/share/console-setup/KeyboardNames.pl: Perl script text executable
$
KeyboardNames.pl contains associations of keyboard types with ISO
639-1 language codes
But the kind of lookup tables I need I couldn't find.
# apt-get install unicode-data
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
unicode-data
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 147 not upgraded.
Need to get 7,080 kB of archives.
After this operation, 33.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 unicode-data all
9.0-1 [7,080 kB]
Fetched 7,080 kB in 1s (4,260 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package unicode-data.
(Reading database ... 265852 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../unicode-data_9.0-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking unicode-data (9.0-1) ...
Setting up unicode-data (9.0-1) ...
#
and in "/usr/share/unicode/", I found files which look like what I am
looking for, but not quite.
Again, there files with look up tables determined by:
a) user language
b) type of keyboard
c) input method (at times a sequence of key strokes should be entered)
Why is it so hard to find such a thing?
lbrtchx
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