On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Shai Bentin wrote: > I'm using mandrake 9.0 with kde3. > There is a keymap changing utility that comes with kde. Can someone > explain to me what this small applet actually does and where it gets all > the keyboard maps it uses?
When you "change a keymap" with this applet, is changes the whole X server keyboard layout. Something very inefficient. Keep in mind that the "us" layout includes only latin chars, whereas the "il" layout includes both latin and Hebrew chars, and defaults to latin, and you'll see why the result is confusing, and quite pointless. Luckily, Mandrake shows that there isa better option. > > I looked in /etc/X11/xkb/keymaps/xfree86 and other files I found there > and couldn't see the (il) entry there. I did find an 'il' entry in > symbols directory, however I also found 'il_phonetic' and that doesn't > show up on the list with the flags in the control center. It shouldn't. You really don't want to use it. It is not the layout of the Israeli keyboard. Have a look at xkb/reules/xfree86 . This is a translation from high-level "xkb parameters" (layout, variant, options, model) to lower-level ones (symbols, compat, etc.) > Moreover, my > XF86Conifg-4 loads a layout of "us". Mandrake configures Xkb using /etc/X11/Xkbmap (or a similar name): a file with parameters to setxkbmap . Maybe add there: -option "grp:switch,grp:shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" or something similar. > It seems that the keyboard mapping > applet does something else, gets the list from some where else. can > someone clarify this for me? strace? -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
