Below is what I have for FreeBSD. It uses xkeyboard-config.
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$ cat /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/kbd-layout-dvp-apl.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "KeyboardDefaults"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,apl"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbVariant" "dvp,dyalog"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:shifts_toggle,caps:hyper"
EndSection
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You need to remove 'dvp' (for Dvorak dvp) if you don't know what it is.
The 'grp:shifts_toggle' sets to toggle the input from us to apl by pressing
both shift keys.
You may remove ',caps:hyper' if you don't want the caps lock as the hyper
modifier.
> On Apr 27, 2020, at 6:00 PM, Alexander Shendi (Web.DE)
> <alexander.she...@web.de> wrote:
>
> Dear List,
>
> I feel seriously intellectually challenged. I have compiled gnu apl under
> NetBSD (SVN-1271) and all went fine.
>
> But I'm just not up to configuring the X Window System to support APL input
> and output. These are the steps I've taken so far:
> 1. set the locale to en_US. UTF-8 (by setting LC_ALL=en_US. UTF-8).
> 2. Compile the file trunk/
> support-files/old-Keyboard/apl.xkm resulting in a file apl.xkb in the current
> directory.
> 3. Try to configure the keyboard. A sample session looks like: (see attached
> typescript).
> 4. I have not even attempted to add the APL fonts to a font directory. More
> fun.
>
> Is there any guide on doing this? ELI5, preferably in words of one syllable
> or less.
>
> Or should I give up on APL altogether?
>
> With frustrated salutations,
>
> -- Alexander
>
> --
> You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.
>
> Scott McNealy 1999<typescript.txt>
