So after some deliberation, I have the first patch to the pc/ directory. It's just the README.naming to define what the files in this directory should contain. This is probably just an intermediate solution, but will enable people to easily separate the language keymaps from the country keymaps for any future work to make these all language (or even script) based files.
Ivan, could you check this in? If you'd prefer that someone else do the check-ins, just tell me who. I imagine there will be around 10 patches in all. Frank
--- pc/README.naming 2003-08-22 10:58:54.000000000 +0200 +++ pc/README.naming.new 2003-08-22 10:25:58.000000000 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +The files in this directory describe possible layouts for a given keyboard. The names of the files are referenced in the X server configuration and in user configuration tools. These files should be named as follows: + +Files describing a keyboard from a national perspective must use the 2-letter ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code element for the nation as the filename. (e.g. the file 'gb' contains the keymap for Great Britain.) Applications could use the national flag to distinguish keymaps following this convention, but that is not reccommended. + +These codes can be found a the following address: + +http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html + +Files describing a keyboard from a language perspective must use the 3-letter ISO 639-2B bibliographic code for the language as the filename. (22 languages, including Greek, have two 639-2 code elements, a bibliographic and a terminology code. The bibliographic code is "guaranteed" not to change.) (e.g. the file 'ben' contains the keymap for Bengali.) Applications must NOT use a national flag to distinguish keymaps following this convention. + +These codes can be found a the following address: + +http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn.html + +Keymaps that vary from the default keymap should be added to that file, not put into a separate file. The keymap will be referenced as filename(alt_keymap) (e.g. se(nodeadkeys) for Sweden). There are current;y files that use the underscore '_' key to separate different layouts. This usage is deprecated. The default layout for each keyboard must describe a keyboard based on the symbols printed on the keys. Secondary keymaps can describe differences that are preferred, but not necessarily printed on the keys (e.g. preferring that dead keys actually print the symbol printed on the key). + +Keymaps that don't fit into this model should be given filenames that are 4 letters or longer. + +In the files, the description of the name[Group1] should be the name of the nation or language (as appropriate) in 7-bit English. For keymaps with filename of 4-letters or longer should have the description of the name[Group1] be a description of the keymap in 7-bit English. + +The default layout for each keyboard must describe a keyboard based on the symbols printed on the keys. Secondary keymaps can describe differences that are preferred, but not necessarily printed on the keys (e.g. preferring that Caps Lock and Control are switched).
