Package: xlibs Version: 4.1.0-16 Severity: wishlist I have received through all this year quite a number of reports from users installing the 'euro-support' package (which provides a script: 'euro-test' to determine if support works in X or console environment).
I have answered to some of the users (unfortunately not all of them) who have submitted their results asking them to read the fine manual: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-euro-support/ch-configure.en.html#s3.4 (also provided in the package) to configure euro support properly. However, there are some issues which I guess could be fixed in the xlibs package, mainly, euro sign definitions for the 'gb' keyboard which seem to lack it (according to the reports from users). I'm not sure if this bug is related to # 117185, #127609 and/or #139826. Feel free to merge this if appropiate (since I'm not sure I'm filing this as a new bug). #139826 might be relevant but locales get discussed there instead of keyboard mappings. Languages with reported issues include only 'gb' currently. Browsing the provided symbols for 'gb' I fail to see where is the euro included. However, there seems to be an EuroSign in the latest Xfree version 4.2 (from reading http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes.html): (...) 623. Add EuroSign to the xkb "gb" layout (#A.901, Dermot McNally). So I guess that /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/gb should be changed. Browsing Xfree's CVS server I guess the change is pretty simple (http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/gb.diff?r1=3.4&r2=3.5&f=h) ........................ Start patch ............................. --- gb.orig Fri Dec 20 13:09:07 2002 +++ gb Fri Dec 20 13:08:51 2002 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ -// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/gb,v 3.3 1996/12/23 07:13:25 dawes Exp $ +// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/gb,v 3.5 2002/12/13 04:18:03 dawes Exp $ partial default alphanumeric_keys xkb_symbols "basic" { @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ [ bar, brokenbar ] }; key <AE02> { [ 2, quotedbl ] }; key <AE03> { [ 3, sterling ] }; + key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar ], + [ EuroSign ] }; key <AC11> { [ apostrophe, at ] }; key <BKSL> { [ numbersign, asciitilde ] }; ............................. End patch ................................... I have received other reports. You might be happy to hear that quite a long time before the woody release (since december 2001) I have mostly received reports of 'Euro is working great' from people using it under X: OK reports (per language) es: 3 de: 13 fr: 9 us: 11 ee: 1 us_eurosign: 1 en_US: 2 us_intl: 1 fi: 1 it: 7 en: 1 nl: 1 be: 1 In any case, it would be very nice if the gb layout was fixed for 3.0r2. I guess this bugs should have been reported earlier (probably even before release). However, users seem to have failed to do this themselves :'-( Regards Javi -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux tornado 2.4.18 #1 SMP mi� abr 3 12:47:49 CEST 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=es_ES@euro, LC_CTYPE=es_ES@euro Versions of packages xlibs depends on: ii libc6 2.3.1-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfreetype6 2.0.9-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii xfree86-common 4.1.0-16 X Window System (XFree86) infrastr ii xlibs 4.1.0-16 X Window System client libraries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
