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Sheessh!!
No wonder Linux is missing in action on the desktop.
Who the heck would want to go through all of this just to
make a keyboard
work.
With Windows XP?
Plug it in and it works.
Linux?
Well, look below and you will see what you are up against.
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// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/pc/ie,v 1.4 2003/04/19
12:22:12
pascal Exp $
// Irish keyboard map
// Support for Irish (old and new orthography) and English
// Seamus O Ciardhuain <(E-Mail Removed)> (19 December 2002)
// The general idea is to provide the characters in ISO 8859-1,
// ISO 8859-15, ISO 8859-14, CP1252 and "Extended Latin-8".
// However, not all are accessible directly because there aren't
// enough keys; some need deadkeys to access them, others the
// "Multi_key" compose sequences.
// Designed to be similar to the layouts used on Windows
// and the Macintosh.
// Everything is in Group 1 to be compatible with the
// multi-layout keyboard support in XFree86 4.3.
// The basic layout is a modern keyboard, but dotted consonants are
// accessible using a deadkey (AltGr+H or AltGr+W).
// If a proper Clo Gaelach keyboard is needed, then use the layout
// defined below as ie(CloGaelach), which gives dotted consonants
// without use of a deadkey.
partial default alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
// Modern keyboard for Irish and English
// - acute-accented vowels as AltGr+vowel and AltGr+Shift+vowel
// - euro currency sign as AltGr+4
// - Comhartha Agus (Tironian Sign Et) as AltGr+Shift+7
// - non-breaking space as AltGr+Space and AltGr+Shift+Space
// - matches hardware (keys and engraved symbols) for Irish keyboards
name[Group1] = "Irish";
//
// Numeric row `1234567890-=
//
key <TLDE> { [ grave, asciitilde, brokenbar, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, exclamdown, onesuperior ] };
key <AE02> { [ 2, at, trademark, twosuperior ] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, numbersign, sterling, threesuperior ] };
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, EuroSign, cent ] };
key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, section, dagger ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, asciicircum, dead_circumflex, 0x1002030 ] };
// per thousand
key <AE07> { [ 7, ampersand, paragraph, 0x100204A ] };
// Tironian Et
key <AE08> { [ 8, asterisk, dead_diaeresis, degree ] };
key <AE09> { [ 9, parenleft, ordfeminine, periodcentered ] };
key <AE10> { [ 0, parenright, masculine, enfilledcircbullet ] };
key <AE11> { [ minus, underscore, endash, emdash ] };
key <AE12> { [ equal, plus, notequal, plusminus ] };
//
// QWERTYUIOP[]
//
key <AD01> { [ q, Q, oe, OE ] };
key <AD02> { [ w, W, dead_abovedot, dead_abovedot ] };
key <AD03> { [ e, E, eacute, Eacute ] };
key <AD04> { [ r, R, registered, 0x1002030 ] };
// per thousand
key <AD05> { [ t, T, thorn, THORN ] };
key <AD06> { [ y, Y, yen, mu ] };
key <AD07> { [ u, U, uacute, Uacute ] };
key <AD08> { [ i, I, iacute, Iacute ] };
key <AD09> { [ o, O, oacute, Oacute ] };
key <AD10> { [ p, P, singlelowquotemark, NoSymbol ] };
key <AD11> { [ bracketleft, braceleft, leftdoublequotemark,
rightdoublequotemark ] };
key <AD12> { [ bracketright, braceright, leftsinglequotemark
, rightsinglequotemark ] };
//
// ASDFGHJKL;'#
//
key <AC01> { [ a, A, aacute, Aacute ] };
key <AC02> { [ s, S, ssharp, NoSymbol ] };
key <AC03> { [ d, D, eth, ETH ] };
key <AC04> { [ f, F, 0x1000192, NoSymbol ] };
// f with hook
key <AC05> { [ g, G, copyright, NoSymbol ] };
key <AC06> { [ h, H, dead_abovedot, dead_abovedot ] };
key <AC07> { [ j, J, idotless, onequarter ] };
key <AC08> { [ k, K, dead_abovering, onehalf ] };
key <AC09> { [ l, L, acute, threequarters ] };
key <AC10> { [ semicolon, colon, ellipsis, doubledagger ] };
key <AC11> { [ apostrophe, quotedbl, ae, AE ] };
key <BKSL> { [ backslash, asciitilde, guillemotleft, guillem
otright ] };
/#
//
// \ZXCVBNM,./
//
key <LSGT> { [ backslash, bar, dead_grave, dead_acute ] };
key <AB01> { [ z, Z, leftanglebracket, rightanglebracket ] };
key <AB02> { [ x, X, multiply, approximate ] };
key <AB03> { [ c, C, dead_cedilla, cedilla ] };
key <AB04> { [ v, V, dead_caron, NoSymbol ] };
key <AB05> { [ b, B, diaeresis, NoSymbol ] };
key <AB06> { [ n, N, dead_tilde, NoSymbol ] };
key <AB07> { [ m, M, macron, NoSymbol ] };
key <AB08> { [ comma, less, lessthanequal, doublelowquotemark ] };
key <AB09> { [ period, greater, greaterthanequal, singlelowq
uotemark ] };
key <AB10> { [ slash, question, division, questiondown ] };
key <SPCE> { [ space, space, nobreakspace, nobreakspace ] };
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
// NB: putting Shift+<RALT> as Multi_key gives odd behaviour since the
// order of pressing keys affects the result.
key <RWIN> { type[Group1]="TWO_LEVEL", [ Multi_key, ISO_Next_Group ] };
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "laptop" {
// For laptops which don't have the RWIN key but are otherwise
// the same as 105-key layouts.
include "ie(basic)"
key <MENU> { type[Group1]="TWO_LEVEL", [ Multi_key, ISO_Next_Group ] };
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "CloGaelach" {
// Adds support for Clo Gaelach (old orthography for Irish).
// Changes from "basic":
// - dotted consonants as AltGr+consonant or AltGr+Shift+con
sonant (TPSDFGCBM)
// - long lowercase r as AltGr+R
// - long lowercase s as AltGr+Z
// - long lowercase s dotted as AltGr+Shift+Z
// - some symbols moved around to retain them
// - several characters unlikely to be used are lost
// The long letters are needed only where the font provides
// both the long and short forms as different glyphs.
include "ie(basic)"
name[Group1] = "Irish (Clo Gaelach)";
key <TLDE> { [ grave, notsign, brokenbar, ssharp ] };
key <AD04> { [ r, R, 0x100027C, registered ] };
// long r
key <AD05> { [ t, T, tabovedot, Tabovedot ] };
key <AD10> { [ p, P, pabovedot, Pabovedot ] };
key <AC02> { [ s, S, sabovedot, Sabovedot ] };
key <AC03> { [ d, D, dabovedot, Dabovedot ] };
key <AC04> { [ f, F, fabovedot, Fabovedot ] };
key <AC05> { [ g, G, gabovedot, Gabovedot ] };
key <AB01> { [ z, Z, 0x100017F, 0x1001E9B ] };
// long s, long s dot
key <AB03> { [ c, C, cabovedot, Cabovedot ] };
key <AB05> { [ b, B, babovedot, Babovedot ] };
key <AB07> { [ m, M, mabovedot, Mabovedot ] };
key <LSGT> { [ backslash, bar, dead_grave, dead_cedilla ] };
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "CloGaelachLaptop" {
// For laptops which don't have the RWIN key but are otherwise
// the same as 105-key layouts.
include "ie(CloGaelach)"
key <MENU> { type[Group1]="TWO_LEVEL", [ Multi_key, ISO_Next_Group ] };
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "UnicodeExpert" {
// This should eventually be a "Unicode Expert" layout like the Mac one.
name[Group1] = "Irish (Unicode Expert)";
//
// Numeric row `1234567890-=
//
key <TLDE> { [ grave, notsign, 0x10000A6, 0x10000A6 ] };
// broken bar
key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE02> { [ 2, quotedbl, dead_doubleacute, dead_doubleacute ] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, sterling, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, EuroSign, EuroSign ] };
key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, asciicircum, dead_circumflex, dead_circumflex ] };
key <AE07> { [ 7, ampersand, 0x100204A, 0x100204A ] };
// Tironian Et
key <AE08> { [ 8, asterisk, dead_abovering, dead_abovering ] };
key <AE09> { [ 9, parenleft, dead_breve, dead_breve ] };
key <AE10> { [ 0, parenright, dead_ogonek, dead_ogonek ] };
key <AE11> { [ minus, underscore, dead_macron, dead_macron ] };
key <AE12> { [ equal, plus, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
//
// QWERTYUIOP[]
//
key <AD01> { [ q, Q, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AD02> { [ w, W, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AD03> { [ e, E, eacute, Eacute ] };
key <AD04> { [ r, R, 0x100027C, 0x100027C ] };
// long r
key <AD05> { [ t, T, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AD06> { [ y, Y, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AD07> { [ u, U, uacute, Uacute ] };
key <AD08> { [ i, I, iacute, Iacute ] };
key <AD09> { [ o, O, oacute, Oacute ] };
key <AD10> { [ p, P, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AD11> { [ bracketleft, braceleft, dead_hook, dead_hook ] };
key <AD12> { [ bracketright, braceright, dead_horn, dead_horn ] };
//
// ASDFGHJKL;'#
//
key <AC01> { [ a, A, aacute, Aacute ] };
key <AC02> { [ s, S, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AC03> { [ d, D, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AC04> { [ f, F, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AC05> { [ g, G, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AC06> { [ h, H, dead_abovedot, dead_abovedot ] };
key <AC07> { [ j, J, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AC08> { [ k, K, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AC09> { [ l, L, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AC10> { [ semicolon, colon, dead_diaeresis, dead_diaeresis ] };
key <AC11> { [ apostrophe, at, dead_acute, dead_acute ] };
key <BKSL> { [ numbersign, asciitilde, dead_tilde, dead_tilde ] };
//
// \ZXCVBNM,./
//
key <LSGT> { [ backslash, bar, dead_grave, dead_grave ] };
key <AB01> { [ z, Z, 0x100017F, 0x1001E9B ] };
// long s, long s dot
key <AB02> { [ x, X, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AB03> { [ c, C, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AB04> { [ v, V, dead_caron, dead_caron ] };
key <AB05> { [ b, B, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AB06> { [ n, N, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AB07> { [ m, M, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AB08> { [ comma, less, dead_cedilla, dead_cedilla ] };
key <AB09> { [ period, greater, dead_abovedot, dead_abovedot ] };
key <AB10> { [ slash, question, dead_belowdot, dead_belowdot ] };
key <SPCE> { [ space, space, space, nobreakspace ] };
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
key <RWIN> { type[Group1]="TWO_LEVEL", [ Multi_key, ISO_Next_Group ] };
};
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