Package: grub-installer Severity: wishlist At the moment GRUB is run, no keymap is loaded for handling layouts not being US keymaps.
GRUB includes an interesting keymapping feature which allow using a "setkey" command which allow to redefine the keyboard layout. I suggest implementing a way to add such mapping in menu.lst. The could be done by having special files named after the console-data keymaps, which would be incorporated in menu.lst, depending on the chosen keymap. For instance, this in a file name fr-latin9.map; # pour un clavier azerty : setkey less backquote setkey greater tilde setkey ampersand 1 setkey 1 exclam setkey tilde 2 setkey 2 at setkey doublequote 3 setkey 3 numbersign setkey quote 4 setkey 4 dollar setkey parenleft 5 setkey 5 percent setkey minus 6 setkey 6 caret setkey backquote 7 setkey 7 ampersand setkey underscore 8 setkey 8 asterisk setkey backslash 9 setkey 9 parenleft setkey at 0 setkey 0 parenright setkey parenright minus setkey numbersign underscore # no change for equal # no change for plus setkey a q setkey A Q setkey z w setkey Z W setkey caret bracketleft # no equivalent for diaresis => we keep the US braceleft setkey dollar bracketright # no equivalent for pound => we keep the US braceright setkey q a setkey Q A setkey m semicolon setkey M colon setkey bracketleft quote setkey percent doublequote setkey asterisk backslash setkey bracketright bar setkey w z setkey W Z setkey comma m setkey question M setkey semicolon comma setkey period less setkey colon period setkey slash greater setkey exclam slash setkey bar question Adding the mechanism for that would be great. Then translators and other such involved people will be able to write such .map files, named after the keymap name. For instance, the above could be named fr-latin9.map AND fr-latin0.map. This bug report is mostly aimed at recording this potential enhancement. This is of course low priority and to be put in the "nice feature to have" list..:) -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-686 Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
