Bug#546288: xkb-data: spanish keymap: 3 ascii tildes and no dead_tilde: unable to write in portuguese
Package: xkb-data
Version: 1.3-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
spanish keymap has at least 3 ascii_tilde and no dead_tilde, so it is
hard to write in portuguese correctly. given that portugal is
geographically next to spain, there is a need to communicate in that
language.
of the 3 ascii tildes in the keyboard, i think the less invasive to
change is the one in the key '¡', also that key is next to the other
dead marks `'"^ ... and is present in desktop and laptop keyboards
it is matter to change in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/es line 20 from
asciitilde to dead_tilde.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=gl_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=gl_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
-- no debconf information
--- a/xkb-data/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/es 2008-08-14 19:55:54.000000000 +0200
+++ b/xkb-data/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/es 2008-09-21 17:24:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, asciitilde, dollar ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, ampersand, notsign, fiveeighths ] };
key <AE11> { [apostrophe, question, backslash, questiondown ] };
- key <AE12> { [exclamdown, questiondown, asciitilde, asciitilde ] };
+ key <AE12> { [exclamdown, questiondown, dead_tilde, asciitilde ] };
key <AD11> { [dead_grave, dead_circumflex, bracketleft, dead_abovering ] };
key <AD12> { [ plus, asterisk, bracketright, dead_macron ] };
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