First, is this the right forum for me to ask for assistance (hopefully
only a small amount of guidance) with creating a Devanagari keymap for
XFree86 4.3.0? I'm updating the Devanagari / Hindi keymap to support the
multiple language/layout functionality in 4.3.0, and also including a few
keys that were previously left out, but specified by INSCRIPT and Unicode
for Devanagari/Hindi.
Second, is this approach "the right one"? -->
I've abandoned the idea of using AltGr, and instead left the RALT
and ISO_Level3_Shift stuff out of my symbol table in exchange for
loading the map with -option "lv3:switch" -->
setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc104 -layout "us,dev" \
-option "grp:shift_toggle" -option "lv3:switch" -variant ",extra"
Third, could someone review my attached Devanagari keyboard map, and tell
me if I'm doing any of this properly?? :) I believe the symbol mappings
are correct, so I'm just looking for "stylistic" / functionality advice.
(but if you spot something wrong with the symbols, please tell me!)
-- David
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, David Holl wrote:
> I'm having trouble using FOUR_LEVEL key groups ---- Here's an example xkb
> map to remap my space bar to produce the letters A, B, C, D:
>
> partial default alphanumeric_keys
> xkb_symbols "basic" {
> key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL";
> key <SPCE> { [ A, B, C, D ] };
> key <RALT> { type[Group1]="TWO_LEVEL", [ ISO_Level3_Shift, Multi_key ] };
> };
>
> >From my understanding, this map should function like this:
> Space -> A
> Shift+Space -> B
> AltGr+Space -> C
> AltGr+Shift+Space -> D
>
> So I place the map in my X11/xkb/symbols/pc directory (with the rest of
> the maps) and load it with:
>
> setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc104 -layout "us,space" \
> -option "" -option "grp:ctrl_shift_toggle"
>
> But at a command line (xterm/tcsh), the A & B mappings work, but pressing
> AltGr+Space or AltGr+Shift+Space does not produce C or D, respectively.
>
> However, I tried xev ("print contents of X events"), and I can see the
> A,B,C,D keysyms just fine (below). Any idea what's wrong? Could the
> application still be trying to interpret the AltGr key or something?
>
> I'm running XFree86 4.3.0. (if that helps...)
>
> KeyPress event, serial 26, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
> root 0x48, subw 0x0, time 332437917, (85,65), root:(1422,86),
> state 0x2000, keycode 65 (keysym 0x41, A), same_screen YES,
> XLookupString gives 1 bytes: "A"
> ...
> KeyPress event, serial 26, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
> root 0x48, subw 0x0, time 332438995, (85,65), root:(1422,86),
> state 0x2001, keycode 65 (keysym 0x42, B), same_screen YES,
> XLookupString gives 1 bytes: "B"
> ...
> KeyPress event, serial 26, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
> root 0x48, subw 0x0, time 332440895, (85,65), root:(1422,86),
> state 0x2008, keycode 65 (keysym 0x43, C), same_screen YES,
> XLookupString gives 1 bytes: "C"
> ...
> KeyPress event, serial 26, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
> root 0x48, subw 0x0, time 332442642, (85,65), root:(1422,86),
> state 0x2009, keycode 65 (keysym 0x44, D), same_screen YES,
> XLookupString gives 1 bytes: "D"
// This is a Devanagari/Hindi keyboard layout for XFree86 4.3.0 with a
// pc104/us keyboard.
//
// Change log:
// David Holl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
// . moved keys to Group1 out of Group2 for XFree86 4.3.0 friendliness
// . added a few extra keys to match the Unicode and INSCRIPT definitions
// (like ZWNJ & ZWJ)
// . added example usage: setxkmap & XF86Config
//
// setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc104 -layout "us,dev" \
// -option "grp:shift_toggle" -option "lv3:switch" -variant ",extra"
partial default alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
include "pc/dev(bare)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "extra" {
include "pc/dev(bare)"
key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL";
// I want to be able to type \ / ? | for file names and piping...
key <AB10> { [ U092f, U095f, slash, question ] };
key <BKSL> { [ U0949, U0911, backslash, bar ] };
// I also wanted to be able to type nifty circle glyph such as when
// demo'ing the modifiers, vowels, combining characters, etc...
// space, circle, ZWNJ, ZWJ:
key <SPCE> { [ space, U25cc, U200c, U200d ] };
};
hidden partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "bare" {
name[Group1]="Devanagari";
key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL";
key <TLDE> { [ U094a, U0912, grave, asciitilde ] };
key <AE01> { [ U0967, U090d, 1, exclam ] };
key <AE02> { [ U0968, U0945, 2, at ] };
//AE03-AE08 really need to return a macro of keys defined by INSCRIPT
//in place of the NoSymbol's that are here for now.
// How do I get XKB to let 1 key translate to pressing 2-3 other keys?
key <AE03> { [ U0969, NoSymbol, 3, numbersign ] };
key <AE04> { [ U096a, NoSymbol, 4, dollar ] };
key <AE05> { [ U096b, NoSymbol, 5, percent ] };
key <AE06> { [ U096c, NoSymbol, 6, asciicircum ] };
key <AE07> { [ U096d, NoSymbol, 7, ampersand ] };
key <AE08> { [ U096e, NoSymbol, 8, asterisk ] };
key <AE09> { [ U096f, parenleft, 9, parenleft ] };
key <AE10> { [ U0966, parenright, 0, parenright ] };
//I'm debating between which of the two following lines is correct:
// key <AE11> { [ U0903, U0903, minus, underscore ] };
key <AE11> { [ NoSymbol, U0903, minus, underscore ] };
key <AE12> { [ U0943, U090b, U0944, U0960 ] };
key <AD01> { [ U094c, U0914 ] };
key <AD02> { [ U0948, U0910 ] };
key <AD03> { [ U093e, U0906 ] };
key <AD04> { [ U0940, U0908, U0963, U0961 ] };
key <AD05> { [ U0942, U090a ] };
key <AD06> { [ U092c, U092d ] };
key <AD07> { [ U0939, U0919 ] };
key <AD08> { [ U0917, U0918, U095a ] };
key <AD09> { [ U0926, U0927 ] };
key <AD10> { [ U091c, U091d, U095b ] };
key <AD11> { [ U0921, U0922, U095c, U095d ] };
key <AD12> { [ U093c, U091e ] };
key <BKSL> { [ U0949, U0911 ] };
key <AC01> { [ U094b, U0913 ] };
key <AC02> { [ U0947, U090f ] };
key <AC03> { [ U094d, U0905 ] };
key <AC04> { [ U093f, U0907, U0962, U090c ] };
key <AC05> { [ U0941, U0909 ] };
key <AC06> { [ U092a, U092b, NoSymbol, U095e ] };
key <AC07> { [ U0930, U0931 ] };
key <AC08> { [ U0915, U0916, U0958, U0959 ] };
key <AC09> { [ U0924, U0925 ] };
key <AC10> { [ U091a, U091b, U0952 ] };
key <AC11> { [ U091f, U0920, NoSymbol, U0951 ] };
key <AB01> { [ U0946, U090e, U0953 ] };
key <AB02> { [ U0902, U0901, NoSymbol, U0950 ] };
key <AB03> { [ U092e, U0923, U0954 ] };
key <AB04> { [ U0928, U0929 ] };
key <AB05> { [ U0935, U0934 ] };
key <AB06> { [ U0932, U0933 ] };
key <AB07> { [ U0938, U0936 ] };
key <AB08> { [ comma, U0937, U0970 ] };
key <AB09> { [ period, U0964, U0965, U093d ] };
key <AB10> { [ U092f, U095f ] };
};
