Bug 455796 - Tajik Keyboard Layout (Tajik xkb - tj)
Summary: Tajik Keyboard Layout (Tajik xkb - tj)
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xkeyboard-config
Version: 9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Hutterer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-07-17 20:17 UTC by Victor Ibragimov
Modified: 2008-10-15 03:19 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 1.4-3
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-10-15 03:19:49 UTC
Type: ---
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Description Victor Ibragimov 2008-07-17 20:17:37 UTC
Description of problem:

There is an official Tajik Standard Keyboard Layout required by the
TojikStandard Organization to be used in software development. The official
keyboard, due to the added 6 characters, does not support important keys such as
_-+= as they are replaced by special characters “ғ” and “ӯ” on Tajik keyboard.
For the translators in Linux a Tajik keyboard was developed to match the Russian
layout and have all the keys available on the keyboard. This unofficial Tajik
keyboard layout use more than one buttons to get a letter with a special sign
for Tajik language and require two key strokes. The existing Tajik xkb in Fedora
is based on unofficial layout.

To meet the requirements/needs for both official and unofficial, the following
layout has been created to resolve the existing (but permanent) Tajik layout issues.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Change the existing Tajik xkb (tj)
  

Expected results:

// 17/07/2008
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Standard Tojiki Keyboard Layout, Official Standard
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// Created by Victor Ibragimov <victor.ibragimov>
// Tajik Fedora & Software Localization Team
// -------------------------------------------------------------
//                        DUAL INPUT METHOD
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// -------------- Tojiki Official Keyboard Layout----------------------
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
//
partial default alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "official" {
    name[Group1]= "Tojikiston - official";
    key	<AE01> {	[	     1,	      exclam, 0x10000a7 	]	};
    key	<AE02> {	[	     2,     quotedbl, 0x10000ab, 0x10000bb	]	};
    key <AE03> {        [               3,      numerosign      ]       };
    key <AE04> {        [               4,       semicolon      ]       };
    key <AE05> {        [               5,         percent      ]       };
    key <AE06> {        [             6,       colon, 0x1002013	]       };
    key <AE07> {        [             7,    question, ampersand	]       };
    key <AE08> {        [               8,        asterisk      ]       };
    key	<AE09> {	[		9,	 parenleft	]	};
    key	<AE10> {	[		0,	parenright, 0x10000b0	]	};
    key	<AE11> {	[    0x1000493,    0x1000492, minus,   underscore	]	};
    key	<AE12> {	[    0x10004ef,    0x10004ee, equal,     plus		]	};
    key <AB10> {        [          period,           comma      ]       };
    key <BKSL> {        [       backslash,           slash      ]       };
    key <LSGT> {        [           slash,             bar      ]       };
    key	<TLDE> {	[     Cyrillic_io,     Cyrillic_IO	]	};
    key	<AD01> {	[ Cyrillic_shorti, Cyrillic_SHORTI	]	};
    key	<AD02> {	[    0x100049b,    0x100049a	]	};
    key	<AD03> {	[      Cyrillic_u,	Cyrillic_U	]	};
    key	<AD04> {	[     Cyrillic_ka,     Cyrillic_KA	]	};
    key	<AD05> {	[     Cyrillic_ie,     Cyrillic_IE	]	};
    key	<AD06> {	[     Cyrillic_en,     Cyrillic_EN	]	};
    key	<AD07> {	[    Cyrillic_ghe,    Cyrillic_GHE	]	};
    key	<AD08> {	[    Cyrillic_sha,    Cyrillic_SHA	]	};
    key	<AD09> {	[    0x10004b3,    0x10004b2	]	};
    key	<AD10> {	[     Cyrillic_ze,     Cyrillic_ZE	]	};
    key	<AD11> {	[     Cyrillic_ha,     Cyrillic_HA	]	};
    key	<AD12> {	[Cyrillic_hardsign,Cyrillic_HARDSIGN	]	};
    key	<AC01> {	[     Cyrillic_ef,     Cyrillic_EF	]	};
    key	<AC02> {	[    0x10004b7,    0x10004b6	]	};
    key	<AC03> {	[     Cyrillic_ve,     Cyrillic_VE	]	};
    key	<AC04> {	[      Cyrillic_a,	Cyrillic_A	]	};
    key	<AC05> {	[     Cyrillic_pe,     Cyrillic_PE	]	};
    key	<AC06> {	[     Cyrillic_er,     Cyrillic_ER	]	};
    key	<AC07> {	[      Cyrillic_o,	Cyrillic_O	]	};
    key	<AC08> {	[     Cyrillic_el,     Cyrillic_EL	]	};
    key	<AC09> {	[     Cyrillic_de,     Cyrillic_DE	]	};
    key	<AC10> {	[    Cyrillic_zhe,    Cyrillic_ZHE	]	};
    key	<AC11> {	[      Cyrillic_e,	Cyrillic_E	]	};
    key	<AB01> {	[     Cyrillic_ya,     Cyrillic_YA	]	};
    key	<AB02> {	[    Cyrillic_che,    Cyrillic_CHE	]	};
    key	<AB03> {	[     Cyrillic_es,     Cyrillic_ES	]	};
    key	<AB04> {	[     Cyrillic_em,     Cyrillic_EM	]	};
    key	<AB05> {	[      Cyrillic_i,	Cyrillic_I	]	};
    key	<AB06> {	[     Cyrillic_te,     Cyrillic_TE	]	};
    key	<AB07> {	[    0x10004e3,    0x10004e2	]	};
    key	<AB08> {	[     Cyrillic_be,     Cyrillic_BE	]	};
    key	<AB09> {	[     Cyrillic_yu,     Cyrillic_YU	]	};
 
    include "keypad(comma)"
    include "level3(ralt_switch)"

 };

// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// -------------- Tojiki Rusi Keyboard Layout--------------------------
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// AEN <aen>
// 2001/12/23 by Leon Kanter <leon>
// 2005/12/09 Valery Inozemtsev <shrek>
// Pablo Saratxaga <pablo@mandrakesoft> (for the dead keys changes)
// --------------------------------------------------------------------

partial alphanumeric_keys 
xkb_symbols "tojikirusi" {
    name[Group1]= "Tojikiston - TojikiRusi";
    key <AE01> {        [            1,       exclam, 0x10000a7         ]       };
    key <AE02> {        [            2,     quotedbl, 0x10000ab, 0x10000bb     
]       };
    key <AE03> {        [               3,      numerosign      ]       };
    key <AE04> {        [               4,       semicolon      ]       };
    key <AE05> {        [               5,         percent      ]       };
    key <AE06> {        [             6,       colon, 0x1002013 ]       };
    key <AE07> {        [             7,    question, ampersand ]       };
    key <AE08> {        [               8,        asterisk      ]       };
    key	<AE09> {	[		9,	 parenleft	]	};
    key	<AE10> {	[		0,	parenright	]	};
    key	<AE11> {	[	    minus,	underscore	]	};
    key	<AE12> {	[	    equal,	      plus	]	};
    key <BKSL> {        [       backslash,           slash      ]       };
    key <AB10> {        [          period,           comma      ]       };
    key <LSGT> {        [           slash,             bar      ]       };
    key	<TLDE> {	[     Cyrillic_io,     Cyrillic_IO	]	};
    key	<AD01> {	[ Cyrillic_shorti, Cyrillic_SHORTI	]	};
    key	<AD02> {	[    Cyrillic_tse,    Cyrillic_TSE	]	};
    key <AD03> {        [      Cyrillic_u,      Cyrillic_U,     0x10004ef,     
0x10004ee     ]        };
    key <AD04> {        [     Cyrillic_ka,     Cyrillic_KA,     0x100049b,     
0x100049a     ]        };
    key	<AD05> {	[     Cyrillic_ie,     Cyrillic_IE	]	};
    key	<AD06> {	[     Cyrillic_en,     Cyrillic_EN	]	};
    key <AD07> {        [    Cyrillic_ghe,    Cyrillic_GHE,     0x1000493,     
0x1000492     ]        };
    key	<AD08> {	[    Cyrillic_sha,    Cyrillic_SHA	]	};
    key	<AD09> {	[  Cyrillic_shcha,  Cyrillic_SHCHA	]	};
    key	<AD10> {	[     Cyrillic_ze,     Cyrillic_ZE	]	};
    key <AD11> {        [     Cyrillic_ha,     Cyrillic_HA,     0x10004b3,     
0x10004b2     ]        };
    key	<AD12> {	[Cyrillic_hardsign,Cyrillic_HARDSIGN	]	};
    key	<AC01> {	[     Cyrillic_ef,     Cyrillic_EF	]	};
    key	<AC02> {	[   Cyrillic_yeru,   Cyrillic_YERU	]	};
    key	<AC03> {	[     Cyrillic_ve,     Cyrillic_VE	]	};
    key	<AC04> {	[      Cyrillic_a,	Cyrillic_A	]	};
    key	<AC05> {	[     Cyrillic_pe,     Cyrillic_PE	]	};
    key	<AC06> {	[     Cyrillic_er,     Cyrillic_ER	]	};
    key	<AC07> {	[      Cyrillic_o,	Cyrillic_O	]	};
    key	<AC08> {	[     Cyrillic_el,     Cyrillic_EL	]	};
    key	<AC09> {	[     Cyrillic_de,     Cyrillic_DE	]	};
    key	<AC10> {	[    Cyrillic_zhe,    Cyrillic_ZHE	]	};
    key	<AC11> {	[      Cyrillic_e,	Cyrillic_E	]	};
    key	<AB01> {	[     Cyrillic_ya,     Cyrillic_YA	]	};
    key <AB02> {        [    Cyrillic_che,    Cyrillic_CHE,     0x10004b7,     
0x10004b6     ]        };
    key	<AB03> {	[     Cyrillic_es,     Cyrillic_ES	]	};
    key	<AB04> {	[     Cyrillic_em,     Cyrillic_EM	]	};
    key <AB05> {        [      Cyrillic_i,      Cyrillic_I,     0x10004e3,     
0x10004e2     ]        };
    key	<AB06> {	[     Cyrillic_te,     Cyrillic_TE	]	};
    key	<AB07> {	[Cyrillic_softsign,Cyrillic_SOFTSIGN	]	};
    key	<AB08> {	[     Cyrillic_be,     Cyrillic_BE	]	};
    key	<AB09> {	[     Cyrillic_yu,     Cyrillic_YU	]	};

    include "keypad(comma)"

    include "level3(ralt_switch)"

};


Additional info:
Tajik Dual Input Method

Comment 1 Peter Hutterer 2008-10-08 04:43:30 UTC
Victor, please file this bug upstream under the following URL:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xkeyboard-config

Sergey (the upstream maintainer) has a better overview on how to integrate new keyboard layouts.

Once you have filed the bug, please add a reference to the bug in this bugreport so we can track it and integrate it into Fedora when it is merged.

Comment 2 Victor Ibragimov 2008-10-08 14:28:09 UTC
Peter and Sergey,

The bug was filed at: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17975

Some details for the keyboard layouts added:

Tajik users/typers would like to have an option in Fedora to use/have both
kayboard layouts:

1) Standard Tojiki Keyboard Layout, Official Standard, Required
2)  Tojiki Rusi Keyboard Layout, Unofficial, But most usable

Comment 3 Victor Ibragimov 2008-10-09 13:44:45 UTC
Info keeps udpated at:
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17975

Comment 4 Peter Hutterer 2008-10-15 03:19:49 UTC
xkeyboard-config-1.4-3.fc10 just went into rawhide.


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