reopen 364489 thanks On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 08:55:59PM +0100, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 08:21:41PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Which should mean that X would look for a keymap with the "macintosh" > > geometry, > > You're confusing model and geometry.
If I am, that's only because XKB uses confusing terminology. There's "XkbLayout" in xorg.conf, which maps to a directory called "symbols", "XkbModel" which maps to "keymap", and so on. It'd probably be better if those terms would be unified. > > and the "wouter" layout. Indeed, with previous versions of X, > > and my keymap in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/macintosh/wouter, this used to > > work correctly; however, for it to work with current versions of X, it > > only works if I put my modified keymap in > > /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/wouter, rather than in > > /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/macintosh_vndr/wouter, as I would expect. > > Correct. The pc/, macintosh/, *_vndr/ directories under symbols are > deprecated. The fix is to write keyboard layouts that are portable > across models, for the general case. That's simply impossible. An apple ADB keyboard as it appears on their laptops lacks a whole bunch of keys that a regular PC keyboard does have; the keys RALT, and INS are not available on my laptop, and some of the other keys (e.g., DELE) are only available through awkward key combinations involving Fn. My own keyboard mapping therefore does some things that would be very strange indeed on 'regular' keyboard (one with the normal lay-out) but that are good (and wanted) on an apple keyboard. Moreover, Apple has a different idea about what a "Belgian" keyboard is than most PC keyboards do. If I use a Belgian PC keyboard layout on my macintosh laptop, I don't get the characters that are printed on the keys. This way lies madness. > Closing as invalid, since this is a user configuration issue. Then at the very minimum this should be documented. Rather than having a non-working "macintosh_vndr" directory, it should either work, or be documented that it needs to be enabled somehow (by an option in xorg.conf, I guess?), or be removed. A directory on disk with keymaps that cannot ever possibly be used is a bug in my book. -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
