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    Create your own personal keyboard layout

    **********UPDATED May 2010**********

    This HowTo is for those of you who are not satisfied with the layout of your keyboard, like myself.

    You can have several reasons to do this (eg. for the sake of the experience, for achieving a more ergonomical typing experience, etc). I have done this for the sake of ergonomy. I type a lot (professionally) and I use my computer most of the time (99%). My keyboard is now non-standard, but that's not a problem, since I'm much more productive this way and I STILL know how to use a normal keyboard.



    1. The Basics

    You don't have to mess with many things. Just edit one file. But to achieve your goal, you have to understand what's in it.

    The file is located at:

    /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/

    This is where the different language keyboard layout files are. I use pt and I'll use that as an example. First, backup the file you want to edit so you can put things back normal again if not satisfied. For that do:

    Code:
    cp /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pt /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pt_backup
    just change pt for your selected keyboard.

    now open the file:

    Code:
    sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pt
    You'll see something like this (it's not the complete file, but just a part of it):
    key <AE01> { [ 1, copyright, registered, trademark ] };
    key <AE03> { [ 3, numbersign, section, paragraph ] };
    key <AE04> { [ 4, EuroSign, dollar, sterling ] };
    key <AE11> { [ masculine, ordfeminine, dead_circumflex, dead_caron ] };
    key <AE12> { [apostrophe, asterisk, plus, dead_abovering ] };

    key <AD11> { [dead_acute, dead_grave, dead_diaeresis, dead_macron ] };
    key <AD12> { [question, exclam, questiondown, slash ] };
    key <AC10> { [ ccedilla, Ccedilla, dead_acute, dead_doubleacute ] };
    key <AC11> { [dead_tilde, dead_circumflex, dead_diaeresis, dead_breve] };
    key <TLDE> { [ backslash, bar, notsign, notsign ] };

    key <BKSL> { [question, exclam, questiondown, slash ] };
    The entries with key <xxxx> are the name of the keys (based on xkb keycodes*) and their resulting symbols*. There are four symbols you can get when pressing a given key: normal (no modifier key), with Shift key modifier, with Alt Gr key modifier and with Alt Gr + Shift key modifiers.

    Let's take a look at a particular example. Where is located the key <AE12>? You can take a look at following image:



    or you can understand the logic behind it. The key
    <AE12> is located is an Alphanumeric character, located at the row E at the column 12. You can understand the rows and columns layout looking at the picture below:


    The other keys, like Control, Alt, and so on, have particular keycodes names. Consult the list of available keycodes to know the key you want.


    2. The Actual Configuration
    • Look at you keyboard and have a thought on what keys you like to change.
    • Go to your opened language file (pt in my case).
    • Edit the entries accordingly to your needs.
    Example:

    I wanted to change the dead accent and the dead tilde location** as I find them rather unergonomically on the pt keyboard. As such, I edited the file and exchanged the places of the symbols entries for those keys:

    key <AD11> { [ plus, asterisk, dead_diaeresis, dead_abovering ] };
    key <AD12> { [dead_acute, dead_grave, dead_tilde, dead_macron ] };

    and:

    key <AC10> { [ ccedilla, Ccedilla, dead_acute, dead_doubleacute ] };
    key <AC11> { [ masculine, ordfeminine, dead_circumflex, dead_caron ] };

    to become:

    key <AD11> { [dead_acute, dead_grave, dead_tilde, dead_macron ] };
    key <AD12> { [ plus, asterisk, dead_diaeresis, dead_abovering ] };

    and:

    key <AC10> { [ masculine, ordfeminine, dead_circumflex, dead_caron ] };
    key <AC11> { [ ccedilla, Ccedilla, dead_acute, dead_doubleacute ] };

    It's easy as this. Remember that you can even put different symbols that weren't there in the first place, like making your backspace key type an ® you you want. It's all up to you.

    You then
    • save the file
    • restart your X session (logout and press ctrl+alt+backspace
    Before you do this, take a look at the next section, 3. Hints.


    3. Hints

    1. Since to try the new keyboard layout you'll need to restart your X session, you can use this trick to test it without abandoning your current session. After saving the file, you open a terminal and type:

    Code:
    sudo xinit -- :2
    This will open a new screen with a terminal on it. Type around on that terminal to see if you got the expected results. To end that session, just press ctrl+alt+backspace and you'll get back to your current session again. Do this as many times as you like it until you have achived your final keyboard layout.

    2. If you really like your new keyboard layout (like I do) and want it to survice future installations, you just have to put your keyboard layout file on a archive folder on you home (supposing you have a different partition for you /home) and then link the file to the actual file on /etc.

    example:

    You create a archive folder on your /home on the location:

    /home/archive/keyboard/layout

    and put there your layout file my_layout.

    Then you just have to backup your language layout file (probably you just did on the beginning of the HowTo) and then link your layout file to the actual language layout file, like this:

    Code:
    sudo ln -sf /home/archive/keyboard/layout/my_layout /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pt
    Just adjust the folders and file names to your needs. Your layout will be preserved even if newly install your system. You can repeat the link step after an installation to get you layout working again.


    4. Documentation

    You can find further information about this topic on the following sites:
    5. Reverting to the Original Layout


    1. Ok, you are not satisfied with the experience, you grow tired of your layout and want your old keyboard back. No problem, since you made a backup at the beginning of the HowTo. To revert to your original layout, you just have to do:

    Code:
    sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pt_backup /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pt
    After this, you just have to restart your X session and next time you login you'll have the normal layout again. Please note that the pt must be changed to your own language keyboard layout.

    2. You thought you were Dvorak himself and changed your complete keyboard layout. You were prepared to chalenge yourself for the hard work of learning a complete new set of keys and then you fail miserably in doing so, finding yourself stuck with a untypeable keyboard where it's a headache to find the keys. Don't stress. You have the layout backup. "But I can't type the commands!".

    No problem. Press ctrl+alt+F1 and you're on the console. Login and type:

    Code:
    sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pt_backup /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pt
    After this, press ctrl+alt+F7 to get back to your X session again.

    Restart your session and you'll have your normal keyboard back again.




    *An extensive list of keycodes and symbols available can be found on the files I attached for your convinience.

    **In actuality, I changed the location of all dead accents and the ? and the ! punctuation marks. I don't know who designated those keys on the Portuguese keyboard, but certainly it was not a professional typist versed in this language. It's not my point to discuss this here, so I just simplified the example.
    Attached Files Attached Files
    Last edited by henriquemaia; May 12th, 2010 at 07:41 PM. Reason: Updated to match the new locations of X11 files

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    Re: Create your own personal keyboard layout

    I have updated the HowTo. I have added the section Reverting to the Original Layout.

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    Re: Create your own personal keyboard layout

    Another way to configure the keyboard for X is to use a ~/.xmodmap file. It gets loaded automatically on X login. You can get the keycodes at least with xev (run in terminal). As an example, SWE/FIN Colemak layout.
    Code:
    ! Q W F P G   J L U Y Ö Å ¨
    !  A R S T D   H N E I O Ä '
    ! < Z X C V B   K M , . -
    
    !keycode   9 = Escape Escape
    !keycode  10 = 1 exclam
    !keycode  11 = 2 quotedbl at
    !keycode  12 = 3 numbersign sterling
    !keycode  13 = 4 currency dollar
    !keycode  14 = 5 percent
    !keycode  15 = 6 ampersand
    !keycode  16 = 7 slash braceleft
    !keycode  17 = 8 parenleft bracketleft
    !keycode  18 = 9 parenright bracketright
    !keycode  19 = 0 equal braceright
    !keycode  20 = plus question backslash
    !keycode  21 = dead_acute dead_grave
    !keycode  22 = BackSpace Terminate_Server
    !keycode  23 = Tab Tab
    keycode  24 = q Q
    keycode  25 = w W
    keycode  26 = f F
    keycode  27 = p P
    keycode  28 = g G
    keycode  29 = j J
    keycode  30 = l L
    keycode  31 = u U
    keycode  32 = y Y
    keycode  33 = odiaeresis Odiaeresis
    keycode  34 = aring Aring
    !keycode  35 = diaeresis asciicircum dead_tilde
    !keycode  36 = Return
    !keycode  37 = Control_L
    keycode  38 = a A
    keycode  39 = r R
    keycode  40 = s S
    keycode  41 = t T
    keycode  42 = d D
    keycode  43 = h H
    keycode  44 = n N
    keycode  45 = e E EuroSign
    keycode  46 = i I
    keycode  47 = o O
    keycode  48 = adiaeresis Adiaeresis
    !keycode  49 = section onehalf
    !keycode  50 = Shift_L
    !keycode  51 = apostrophe asterisk
    keycode  52 = z Z
    keycode  53 = x X
    keycode  54 = c C
    keycode  55 = v V
    keycode  56 = b B
    keycode  57 = k K
    keycode  58 = m M
    !keycode  59 = comma semicolon
    !keycode  60 = period colon
    !keycode  61 = minus underscore
    !keycode  62 = Shift_R
    !keycode  63 = KP_Multiply
    !keycode  64 = Alt_L
    !keycode  65 = space
    !keycode  66 = Caps_Lock
    !keycode  67 = F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1
    !keycode  68 = F2 XF86_Switch_VT_2
    !keycode  69 = F3 XF86_Switch_VT_3
    !keycode  70 = F4 XF86_Switch_VT_4
    !keycode  71 = F5 XF86_Switch_VT_5
    !keycode  72 = F6 XF86_Switch_VT_6
    !keycode  73 = F7 XF86_Switch_VT_7
    !keycode  74 = F8 XF86_Switch_VT_8
    !keycode  75 = F9 XF86_Switch_VT_9
    !keycode  76 = F10 XF86_Switch_VT_10
    !keycode  77 = Num_Lock
    !keycode  78 = Scroll_Lock
    !keycode  79 = KP_Home KP_7
    !keycode  80 = KP_Up KP_8
    !keycode  81 = KP_Prior KP_9
    !keycode  82 = KP_Subtract
    !keycode  83 = KP_Left KP_4
    !keycode  84 = KP_Begin KP_5
    !keycode  85 = KP_Right KP_6
    !keycode  86 = KP_Add
    !keycode  87 = KP_End KP_1
    !keycode  88 = KP_Down KP_2
    !keycode  89 = KP_Next KP_3
    !keycode  90 = KP_Insert KP_0
    !keycode  91 = KP_Delete KP_Decimal
    !keycode  94 = less greater bar
    !keycode  95 = F11 XF86_Switch_VT_11
    !keycode  96 = F12 XF86_Switch_VT_12
    !keycode  97 = Home
    !keycode  98 = Up
    !keycode  99 = Prior
    !keycode 100 = Left
    !keycode 102 = Right
    !keycode 103 = End
    !keycode 104 = Down
    !keycode 105 = Next
    !keycode 106 = Insert
    !keycode 107 = Delete
    !keycode 108 = KP_Enter
    !keycode 109 = Control_R
    !keycode 110 = Pause Break
    !keycode 111 = Print Execute
    !keycode 112 = KP_Divide
    !keycode 113 = Mode_switch
    !keycode 115 = Super_L
    !keycode 116 = Super_R
    !keycode 117 = Menu
    For virtual consoles, a separate .kmap file is needed. See /usr/share/keymaps for examples. As an example, SWE/FIN Colemak layout in file ~/.colemak.kmap.
    Code:
    # Q W F P G   J L U Y Ö Å ¨
    #  A R S T D   H N E I O Ä '
    # < Z X C V B   K M , . -
    
    charset "iso-8859-1"
    keymaps 0-2,4-6,8-10,12-14
    alt_is_meta
    include "qwerty-layout"
    include "linux-with-alt-and-altgr"
    strings as usual
    
    keycode  1 = Escape
    keycode  2 = one exclam
    keycode  3 = two quotedbl at
    keycode  4 = three numbersign sterling
    keycode  5 = four dollar dollar
    keycode  6 = five percent
    keycode  7 = six ampersand
    keycode  8 = seven slash braceleft
    keycode  9 = eight parenleft bracketleft
    keycode 10 = nine parenright bracketright
    keycode 11 = zero equal braceright
    keycode 12 = plus question backslash
    keycode 13 = dead_acute dead_grave
    keycode 14 = Delete
    keycode 15 = Tab
    keycode 16 = q
    keycode 17 = w
    keycode 18 = f
    keycode 19 = p
    keycode 20 = g
    keycode 21 = j
    keycode 22 = l
    keycode 23 = u
    keycode 24 = y
    keycode 25 = odiaeresis Odiaeresis
    keycode 26 = aring Aring
    keycode 27 = diaeresis asciicircum dead_tilde
    keycode 28 = Return
    keycode 29 = Control
    keycode 30 = a
    keycode 31 = r
    keycode 32 = s
    keycode 33 = t
    keycode 34 = d
    keycode 35 = h
    keycode 36 = n
    keycode 37 = e
    keycode 38 = i
    keycode 39 = o
    keycode 40 = adiaeresis Adiaeresis
    keycode 41 = section onehalf
    keycode 42 = Shift
    keycode 43 = apostrophe asterisk
    keycode 44 = z
    keycode 45 = x
    keycode 46 = c
    keycode 47 = v
    keycode 48 = b
    keycode 49 = k
    keycode 50 = m
    keycode 51 = comma semicolon
    keycode 52 = period colon
    keycode 53 = minus underscore
    keycode 54 = Shift
    keycode 56 = Alt
    keycode 57 = space
    keycode 58 = Caps_Lock
    keycode 86 = less greater bar
    keycode 97 = Control
    Handy aliases for virtual console
    Code:
    alias asdf='sudo loadkeys ~/.colemak.kmap'
    alias arst='sudo loadkeys fi-latin1'

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    Re: Create your own personal keyboard layout

    Quote Originally Posted by ow50
    Another way to configure the keyboard for X is to use a ~/.xmodmap file. It gets loaded automatically on X login. You can get the keycodes at least with xev (run in terminal). As an example, SWE/FIN Colemak layout.
    Code:
    ! Q W F P G   J L U Y Ö Å ¨
    !  A R S T D   H N E I O Ä '
    ! < Z X C V B   K M , . -
    
    !keycode   9 = Escape Escape
    !keycode  10 = 1 exclam
    !keycode  11 = 2 quotedbl at
    !keycode  12 = 3 numbersign sterling
    !keycode  13 = 4 currency dollar
    !keycode  14 = 5 percent
    !keycode  15 = 6 ampersand
    !keycode  16 = 7 slash braceleft
    !keycode  17 = 8 parenleft bracketleft
    !keycode  18 = 9 parenright bracketright
    !keycode  19 = 0 equal braceright
    !keycode  20 = plus question backslash
    !keycode  21 = dead_acute dead_grave
    !keycode  22 = BackSpace Terminate_Server
    !keycode  23 = Tab Tab
    keycode  24 = q Q
    keycode  25 = w W
    keycode  26 = f F
    keycode  27 = p P
    keycode  28 = g G
    keycode  29 = j J
    keycode  30 = l L
    keycode  31 = u U
    keycode  32 = y Y
    keycode  33 = odiaeresis Odiaeresis
    keycode  34 = aring Aring
    !keycode  35 = diaeresis asciicircum dead_tilde
    !keycode  36 = Return
    !keycode  37 = Control_L
    keycode  38 = a A
    keycode  39 = r R
    keycode  40 = s S
    keycode  41 = t T
    keycode  42 = d D
    keycode  43 = h H
    keycode  44 = n N
    keycode  45 = e E EuroSign
    keycode  46 = i I
    keycode  47 = o O
    keycode  48 = adiaeresis Adiaeresis
    !keycode  49 = section onehalf
    !keycode  50 = Shift_L
    !keycode  51 = apostrophe asterisk
    keycode  52 = z Z
    keycode  53 = x X
    keycode  54 = c C
    keycode  55 = v V
    keycode  56 = b B
    keycode  57 = k K
    keycode  58 = m M
    !keycode  59 = comma semicolon
    !keycode  60 = period colon
    !keycode  61 = minus underscore
    !keycode  62 = Shift_R
    !keycode  63 = KP_Multiply
    !keycode  64 = Alt_L
    !keycode  65 = space
    !keycode  66 = Caps_Lock
    !keycode  67 = F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1
    !keycode  68 = F2 XF86_Switch_VT_2
    !keycode  69 = F3 XF86_Switch_VT_3
    !keycode  70 = F4 XF86_Switch_VT_4
    !keycode  71 = F5 XF86_Switch_VT_5
    !keycode  72 = F6 XF86_Switch_VT_6
    !keycode  73 = F7 XF86_Switch_VT_7
    !keycode  74 = F8 XF86_Switch_VT_8
    !keycode  75 = F9 XF86_Switch_VT_9
    !keycode  76 = F10 XF86_Switch_VT_10
    !keycode  77 = Num_Lock
    !keycode  78 = Scroll_Lock
    !keycode  79 = KP_Home KP_7
    !keycode  80 = KP_Up KP_8
    !keycode  81 = KP_Prior KP_9
    !keycode  82 = KP_Subtract
    !keycode  83 = KP_Left KP_4
    !keycode  84 = KP_Begin KP_5
    !keycode  85 = KP_Right KP_6
    !keycode  86 = KP_Add
    !keycode  87 = KP_End KP_1
    !keycode  88 = KP_Down KP_2
    !keycode  89 = KP_Next KP_3
    !keycode  90 = KP_Insert KP_0
    !keycode  91 = KP_Delete KP_Decimal
    !keycode  94 = less greater bar
    !keycode  95 = F11 XF86_Switch_VT_11
    !keycode  96 = F12 XF86_Switch_VT_12
    !keycode  97 = Home
    !keycode  98 = Up
    !keycode  99 = Prior
    !keycode 100 = Left
    !keycode 102 = Right
    !keycode 103 = End
    !keycode 104 = Down
    !keycode 105 = Next
    !keycode 106 = Insert
    !keycode 107 = Delete
    !keycode 108 = KP_Enter
    !keycode 109 = Control_R
    !keycode 110 = Pause Break
    !keycode 111 = Print Execute
    !keycode 112 = KP_Divide
    !keycode 113 = Mode_switch
    !keycode 115 = Super_L
    !keycode 116 = Super_R
    !keycode 117 = Menu
    For virtual consoles, a separate .kmap file is needed. See /usr/share/keymaps for examples. As an example, SWE/FIN Colemak layout in file ~/.colemak.kmap.
    Code:
    # Q W F P G   J L U Y Ö Å ¨
    #  A R S T D   H N E I O Ä '
    # < Z X C V B   K M , . -
    
    charset "iso-8859-1"
    keymaps 0-2,4-6,8-10,12-14
    alt_is_meta
    include "qwerty-layout"
    include "linux-with-alt-and-altgr"
    strings as usual
    
    keycode  1 = Escape
    keycode  2 = one exclam
    keycode  3 = two quotedbl at
    keycode  4 = three numbersign sterling
    keycode  5 = four dollar dollar
    keycode  6 = five percent
    keycode  7 = six ampersand
    keycode  8 = seven slash braceleft
    keycode  9 = eight parenleft bracketleft
    keycode 10 = nine parenright bracketright
    keycode 11 = zero equal braceright
    keycode 12 = plus question backslash
    keycode 13 = dead_acute dead_grave
    keycode 14 = Delete
    keycode 15 = Tab
    keycode 16 = q
    keycode 17 = w
    keycode 18 = f
    keycode 19 = p
    keycode 20 = g
    keycode 21 = j
    keycode 22 = l
    keycode 23 = u
    keycode 24 = y
    keycode 25 = odiaeresis Odiaeresis
    keycode 26 = aring Aring
    keycode 27 = diaeresis asciicircum dead_tilde
    keycode 28 = Return
    keycode 29 = Control
    keycode 30 = a
    keycode 31 = r
    keycode 32 = s
    keycode 33 = t
    keycode 34 = d
    keycode 35 = h
    keycode 36 = n
    keycode 37 = e
    keycode 38 = i
    keycode 39 = o
    keycode 40 = adiaeresis Adiaeresis
    keycode 41 = section onehalf
    keycode 42 = Shift
    keycode 43 = apostrophe asterisk
    keycode 44 = z
    keycode 45 = x
    keycode 46 = c
    keycode 47 = v
    keycode 48 = b
    keycode 49 = k
    keycode 50 = m
    keycode 51 = comma semicolon
    keycode 52 = period colon
    keycode 53 = minus underscore
    keycode 54 = Shift
    keycode 56 = Alt
    keycode 57 = space
    keycode 58 = Caps_Lock
    keycode 86 = less greater bar
    keycode 97 = Control
    Handy aliases for virtual console
    Code:
    alias asdf='sudo loadkeys ~/.colemak.kmap'
    alias arst='sudo loadkeys fi-latin1'
    Thanks, nice to know this! I wasn't aware of this other way. I'm very familiarized with the method I presented, but yours looks much simpler.

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    Re: Create your own personal keyboard layout

    I have two questions:

    How can I create my own dead keys, or modify existing dead keys.
    I use semicolon and comma as dead keys, and they don't quite match any of the existing dead keys.

    How do I save configuration settings?
    I modified the us file under etc\x11\xkb\symbols . But I get an access denied message every time I try to save it. I also tried saving to usr\share\x11\xkb .

    I'm using the Feisty version of Kubuntu. Konqueror and Kite are the programs I attempted to save the changes with.

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    Re: Create your own personal keyboard layout

    Quote Originally Posted by soren.kyale View Post
    I have two questions:

    How can I create my own dead keys, or modify existing dead keys.
    I use semicolon and comma as dead keys, and they don't quite match any of the existing dead keys.

    How do I save configuration settings?
    I modified the us file under etc\x11\xkb\symbols . But I get an access denied message every time I try to save it. I also tried saving to usr\share\x11\xkb .

    I'm using the Feisty version of Kubuntu. Konqueror and Kite are the programs I attempted to save the changes with.
    I’m not very familiar with dead keys, so I can’t help you much on this. But regarding on the issue of not being able to save your changes, that is most certainly due to the fact that you must edit the files using sudo, otherwise you do not have the permissions to write to those files.

    If you use konqueror to access and edit the files, run konqueror in sudo mode, i.e. open a terminal and type: sudo konqueror

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    Re: Create your own personal keyboard layout

    Thank you. "Sudo konqueror" really helped. Though it made me realize that the admin (root) level belongs to the system not the user. There's something evil about that ("Dave, what are you doing Dave?"). But at least I have the basic keys of my layout working.

    Now, I just need to add the dead keys and turn my left alt to a shift, my left winkey to alt, caps lock to winkey, backspace to caps lock and AB05 to backspace.

    Thank you, Henriquemaia, you helped me a great deal (I thought Sudo was just a copy command).
    Last edited by soren.kyale; July 7th, 2007 at 05:16 AM.

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    Re: Create your own personal keyboard layout

    Hello Ive Made a international dvorak with dead keys layout variant in the us file. woks fine

    but it isnt in the layout list for gnome, im not exactly sure how i got it running i have set it through xorg.conf file and i can select it through kcontrol
    just not through gnome keyboard settings
    Is there a a cache that need refreshing or is it something else

    add this to bottom of the us file if you want to use it
    Code:
    partial alphanumeric_keys
    xkb_symbols "dv-intl" {
    
            name[Group1]= "Dvorak - International (with dead keys)";
            
        include "us(dvorak)"
    
       key <TLDE> { [dead_grave, dead_tilde,         grave,       asciitilde ] };
        key <AE01> { [         1,     exclam,    exclamdown,      onesuperior ] };
        key <AE02> { [         2,         at,   twosuperior, dead_doubleacute ] };
        key <AE03> { [         3, numbersign, threesuperior,      dead_macron ] };
        key <AE04> { [         4,     dollar,      currency,         sterling ] };
        key <AE05> { [         5,    percent,      EuroSign                   ] };
        key <AE06> { [    6, dead_circumflex,    onequarter,      asciicircum ] };
        key <AE07> { [         7,  ampersand,       onehalf,        dead_horn ] };
        key <AE08> { [         8,   asterisk, threequarters,      dead_ogonek ] };
        key <AE09> { [         9,  parenleft, leftsinglequotemark, dead_breve ] };
        key <AE10> { [         0, parenright, rightsinglequotemark, dead_abovering ] };
        key <AE11> { [ bracketleft,  braceleft,  guillemotleft, guillemotleft ] };
        key <AE12> { [bracketright, braceright, guillemotright,guillemotright ] };
    
        key <AD01> { [dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, apostrophe,        quotedbl ] };
        key <AD02> { [     comma,       less,      ccedilla,         Ccedilla ] };
        key <AD03> { [    period,    greater, dead_abovedot,       dead_caron ] };
        key <AD04> { [         p,          P,    odiaeresis,       Odiaeresis ] };
        key <AD05> { [         y,          Y,    udiaeresis,       Udiaeresis ] };
        key <AD08> { [         c,          C,     copyright,             cent ] };
        key <AD09> { [         r,          R,    registered,       registered ] };
        key <AD10> { [         l,          L,        oslash,         Ooblique ] };
        key <AD11> { [     slash,   question,  questiondown,        dead_hook ] };
        key <AD12> { [     equal,       plus,      multiply,         division ] };
        key <AD13> { [ backslash,        bar,       notsign,        brokenbar ] };
    
    
        key <AC01> { [         a,          A,        aacute,           Aacute ] };
        key <AC02> { [         o,          O,        oacute,           Oacute ] };
        key <AC03> { [         e,          E,        eacute,           Eacute ] };
        key <AC04> { [         u,          U,        uacute,           Uacute ] };
        key <AC05> { [         i,          I,        iacute,           Iacute ] };
        key <AC06> { [         d,          D,           eth,              ETH ] };
        key <AC08> { [         t,          T,         thorn,            THORN ] };
        key <AC09> { [         n,          N,        ntilde,           Ntilde ] };
        key <AC10> { [         s,          S,        ssharp,          section ] };
        key <AC11> { [     minus, underscore,           yen,    dead_belowdot ] };
    
    
        key <AB01> { [ semicolon,      colon,     paragraph,           degree ] };
        key <AB02> { [         q,          Q,    adiaeresis,       Adiaeresis ] };
        key <AB07> { [         m,          M,            mu,               mu ] };
        key <AB08> { [         w,          W,         aring,            Aring ] };
        key <AB10> { [         z,          Z,            ae,               AE ] };
    
        include "level3(ralt_switch)"
    };

  9. #9
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    Re: Create your own personal keyboard layout

    What does the syntax look like when you want to use UTF-8 encoding rather than the standard naming conventions like "ssharp" and "period" to make your layout?

    I'm used to stuff looking like U+026C and U+F242 and I'm pretty sure that's not the correct syntax in XKB. (alright all you unicode linguistics freaks out there, based on the symbols I just mentioned, what part of the world/languages am I dealing with?)

    thanks

  10. #10
    Join Date
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    Re: Create your own personal keyboard layout

    I've got a question about this method. When I change my keymap to the following (the rest stays the same):
    Code:
    key <AE08> { [	    8,	asterisk, dead_breve ]	};
    
    ...
    
    include "level3(ralt_switch)"
    the breve (˘) only works with the 'a' (ă), not with other letters. While I actually only need the 'u' with a breve...

    Do you have any idea on how to fix this?

    Thanks,
    Dries

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