kornelix
November 1st, 2008, 02:22 PM
I needed to add German umlaut characters (äöüß) and the Euro sign (€) to my US keyboard. Here is a 1-minute lesson on how to do this or similar tasks.
// This keyboard map adds German umlauts, sharfes-S, and Euro symbol
// to the standard US keyboard layout as follows:
// right-Alt + A O U S E >> ä ö ü ß €
// right-Alt + shift + A O U >> Ä Ö Ü
//
//
// Ubuntu 8.04:
// Save this file as /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/us_de
// In the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf, change "XkbLayout" to "us_de"
//
// Ubuntu 8.10:
// In the first section of the file /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us,
// replace or add the lines below marked with: //***
default
partial alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
name[Group1]= "U.S. English";
// Alphanumeric section
key <TLDE> { [ grave, asciitilde ] };
key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam ] };
key <AE02> { [ 2, at ] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, numbersign ] };
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar ] };
key <AE05> { [ 5, percent ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, asciicircum ] };
key <AE07> { [ 7, ampersand ] };
key <AE08> { [ 8, asterisk ] };
key <AE09> { [ 9, parenleft ] };
key <AE10> { [ 0, parenright ] };
key <AE11> { [ minus, underscore ] };
key <AE12> { [ equal, plus ] };
key <AD01> { [ q, Q ] };
key <AD02> { [ w, W ] };
key <AD03> { [ e, E, EuroSign ] }; //***
key <AD04> { [ r, R ] };
key <AD05> { [ t, T ] };
key <AD06> { [ y, Y ] };
key <AD07> { [ u, U, udiaeresis, Udiaeresis ] }; //***
key <AD08> { [ i, I ] };
key <AD09> { [ o, O, odiaeresis, Odiaeresis ] }; //***
key <AD10> { [ p, P ] };
key <AD11> { [ bracketleft, braceleft ] };
key <AD12> { [ bracketright, braceright ] };
key <AC01> { [ a, A, adiaeresis, Adiaeresis ] }; //***
key <AC02> { [ s, S, ssharp ] }; //***
key <AC03> { [ d, D ] };
key <AC04> { [ f, F ] };
key <AC05> { [ g, G ] };
key <AC06> { [ h, H ] };
key <AC07> { [ j, J ] };
key <AC08> { [ k, K ] };
key <AC09> { [ l, L ] };
key <AC10> { [ semicolon, colon ] };
key <AC11> { [ apostrophe, quotedbl ] };
key <AB01> { [ z, Z ] };
key <AB02> { [ x, X ] };
key <AB03> { [ c, C ] };
key <AB04> { [ v, V ] };
key <AB05> { [ b, B ] };
key <AB06> { [ n, N ] };
key <AB07> { [ m, M ] };
key <AB08> { [ comma, less ] };
key <AB09> { [ period, greater ] };
key <AB10> { [ slash, question ] };
// End alphanumeric section
include "level3(ralt_switch)" //***
};
// This keyboard map adds German umlauts, sharfes-S, and Euro symbol
// to the standard US keyboard layout as follows:
// right-Alt + A O U S E >> ä ö ü ß €
// right-Alt + shift + A O U >> Ä Ö Ü
//
//
// Ubuntu 8.04:
// Save this file as /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/us_de
// In the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf, change "XkbLayout" to "us_de"
//
// Ubuntu 8.10:
// In the first section of the file /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us,
// replace or add the lines below marked with: //***
default
partial alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
name[Group1]= "U.S. English";
// Alphanumeric section
key <TLDE> { [ grave, asciitilde ] };
key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam ] };
key <AE02> { [ 2, at ] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, numbersign ] };
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar ] };
key <AE05> { [ 5, percent ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, asciicircum ] };
key <AE07> { [ 7, ampersand ] };
key <AE08> { [ 8, asterisk ] };
key <AE09> { [ 9, parenleft ] };
key <AE10> { [ 0, parenright ] };
key <AE11> { [ minus, underscore ] };
key <AE12> { [ equal, plus ] };
key <AD01> { [ q, Q ] };
key <AD02> { [ w, W ] };
key <AD03> { [ e, E, EuroSign ] }; //***
key <AD04> { [ r, R ] };
key <AD05> { [ t, T ] };
key <AD06> { [ y, Y ] };
key <AD07> { [ u, U, udiaeresis, Udiaeresis ] }; //***
key <AD08> { [ i, I ] };
key <AD09> { [ o, O, odiaeresis, Odiaeresis ] }; //***
key <AD10> { [ p, P ] };
key <AD11> { [ bracketleft, braceleft ] };
key <AD12> { [ bracketright, braceright ] };
key <AC01> { [ a, A, adiaeresis, Adiaeresis ] }; //***
key <AC02> { [ s, S, ssharp ] }; //***
key <AC03> { [ d, D ] };
key <AC04> { [ f, F ] };
key <AC05> { [ g, G ] };
key <AC06> { [ h, H ] };
key <AC07> { [ j, J ] };
key <AC08> { [ k, K ] };
key <AC09> { [ l, L ] };
key <AC10> { [ semicolon, colon ] };
key <AC11> { [ apostrophe, quotedbl ] };
key <AB01> { [ z, Z ] };
key <AB02> { [ x, X ] };
key <AB03> { [ c, C ] };
key <AB04> { [ v, V ] };
key <AB05> { [ b, B ] };
key <AB06> { [ n, N ] };
key <AB07> { [ m, M ] };
key <AB08> { [ comma, less ] };
key <AB09> { [ period, greater ] };
key <AB10> { [ slash, question ] };
// End alphanumeric section
include "level3(ralt_switch)" //***
};