Bug 221777

Description of problem:

Fedora Core 6 still uses *by default* an old standard for the Romanian
keyboards, a standard that is obsoleted.

There are two main issues regarding the Romanian keyboard layout:

1. There is an official Romanian standard for the Romanian keyboard layout,
namely SR 13392:2004. It offers a "primary" layout and a "secondary" one.
The default in Fedora, when using a Romanian keyboard, should be the "secondary"
layout, as presented in the attached image (the "primary" one is maintained
mainly for compatibility with a much older standard).

2. Due to some very old incorrect implementations made by Microsoft long ago,
there is a confusion between the following four characters in Romanian keyboard
layouts:

- "S with comma below" (Unicode 0218) - incorrectly implemented as "S with
cedilla below" (Unicode 015E)
- "s with comma below" (Unicode 0219) - incorrectly implemented as "s with
cedilla below" (Unicode 015F)
- "T with comma below" (Unicode 021A) - incorrectly implemented as "T with
cedilla below" (Unicode 0162)
- "t with comma below" (Unicode 021B) - incorrectly implemented as "t with
cedilla below" (Unicode 0163)

The standard SR 13392:2004 explicitly removes this confusion.


A correct Romanian keyboard implementation in Fedora Core 6 should implement *by
default* the "secondary layout" in the standard (as in the attached picture) and
should use the comma-form of "s" and "t" instead their cedilla-form counterparts.

The *correct* layout is that of "setxkbmap ro comma", which should be used by
default in both X programs and console-based ones.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora Core 6 with standard updates as of January 08, 2007.

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a stock Fedora Core 6
2. Boot in X with Gnome interface
3. Choose menu "System" -> "Administration" -> "Language" -> "Romanian"
4. Choose menu "System" -> "Administration" -> "Keyboard" -> "Romanian"
5. Open a Unicode-enabled text editor
6. Press the keys combinations corresponding to Romanian-specific characters
(see attached picture).
  

Actual results:
There are cedilla-forms of "s" and "t".

Expected results:
The layout of Romanian keyboard should be as in Romanian standard SR 13392:2004
(attached picture).
The comma-forms of "s" and "t" should be used instead of their cedilla-counterparts.

Additional info:

(for Romanian speakers)
http://www.secarica.ro
http://diacritice.sourceforge.net/tastaturi.html