Kaixo!
I tested 'acon' (right-to-left support on the console) on the Sparc, and
it doesn't work (maybe some bytesex problem ?)
I would need to have it tested on other non-PC machines.
Can someone test it on the alpha and PPC ?
Here is how to do:
- in stall acon (rpm -Uv acon-*.rpm)
- unaactive the init scripts (because if it doesn't work you will be in
trouble if it is launched at boot): /sbin/chkconfig --del acon
Now, for the PPC edit the file /usr/lib/acon/keymaps/acon_control.map
and change it so it looks like:
# tab
alt control keycode 48 = 0x86
alt control ctrlr keycode 48 = 0x86
# O
alt control keycode 31 = 0x87
alt control ctrlr keycode 31 = 0x87
altgr control keycode 31 = 0x87
altgr control ctrlr keycode 31 = 0x87
# A (in qwerty layouts)
alt shift keycode 90 = AltGr
alt control keycode 90 = CtrlR_Lock
alt control CtrlR keycode 90 = CtrlR_Lock
# left shift
keycode 56 = Shift
ctrlr alt keycode 56 = CtrlR_Lock
control keycode 56 = 0x88
ctrlr control keycode 56 = 0x88
# right shift (mac keyboards doesn't make a difference between R and L shift)
#keycode 56 = Shift
# altgr keycode 56 = CtrlR_Lock
# control keycode 56 = 0x89
# ctrlr control keycode 56 = 0x89
Then install the locale of some right to left language (one of
locales-{ar,he,fa}), and set the locale to it ( ~/.i18n with something like
LANG=ar
LC_ALL=ar
LANGUAGE=ar
(or 'he' or 'fa')
login into a virtual console (not an xterm).
and type:
acon &
the try some commands: 'date +Try Ctrl-O, Left(Shift-Ctrl), Right(Shift-Ctrl)
And tell me if that works or not (on the sparc the console where acon
has been launched has its keyboard blocked).
(after testing you can just remove the locales-xx and acon packages,
and the ~/.i18n file)
Thank you very much.
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