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hard to find keys
I generally followed the SIL layout, but as we are using Alt-gr instead of deadkeys, I made a few changes. Also, I couldn't readily find glyphs for U+F21B, U+F218, U+F215, and U+F214, so I haven't included those characters. Any comments regarding what to do about these? --Walter 12:56, 2 November 2007 (EDT)
- Those characters do not exist. The Unicode standard defines F000 to F8FF as the Corporate Zone of the Private Use Area, and LANANA standardized it as in the table below. AlbertCahalan 01:49, 3 November 2007 (EDT)
F000 to F7FF is direct-to-font (you are here) F800 to F804 contains obsolete VT100 characters F805 to F80F are reserved F810 to F813 are Microsoft keyboard symbols F814 to F8CF are reserved F8D0 to F8FF are Klingon
- It is not legitimate for a font to encode characters in that region. SIL has gone off in an incompatible direction, without obtaining agreement from any of the world's OS suppliers. Do not use these codes. AlbertCahalan 01:49, 3 November 2007 (EDT)
- It looks like Unicode 5 contains some of what you were looking for. AlbertCahalan 02:40, 3 November 2007 (EDT)
SIL F214 is Unicode 024C, R with stroke SIL F215 is Unicode 2C64, R with tail SIL F218 is Unicode 0244, U bar SIL F21B is likely to be Unicode 2C72, W with hook (at stage 6, JTC1 Ballot) SIL F21A is likely to be Unicode 2C73, w with hook (at stage 6, JTC1 Ballot)
- Dead keys are way more sane than the alternative. The alternative requires unrendering. Sometimes one can not take back what has been done. Dead keys act like any normal input method, while the alternative is a mess to support. AlbertCahalan 01:49, 3 November 2007 (EDT)
OLPC section of the XKB symbol file
To use the XKB West African layout, you may need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
XkbLayout "ng" XkbVariant "olpc"
partial alphanumeric_keys xkb_symbols "olpc" { name[Group1]= "OLPC West Africa"; include "us(basic)" // OLPC West African keyboard layout. // See: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:WAfrica-Alt-1.png key <TLDE> { [ grave, asciitilde, 0x1000300, 0x1000303 ] }; // combining grave, combining tilde above key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, exclamdown, exclamdown ] }; // 0x10000A1 key <AE02> { [ 2, at, 0x100030A, 0x100030A ] }; // combining ring above key <AE03> { [ 3, numbersign, sterling, sterling ] }; // 0x10000A3 key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, 0x10020A6, 0x10020A6 ] }; // Naira key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, EuroSign, EuroSign ] }; // 0x10020AC key <AE06> { [ 6,asciicircum, 0x1000302, 0x1000302 ] }; // combining circumflex above key <AE07> { [ 7, ampersand, 0x1000324, 0x1000324 ] }; // combining caron above key <AE08> { [ 8, asterisk, 0x1000330, 0x1000330 ] }; // combining tilde below key <AE09> { [ 9, parenleft, 0x100030D, 0x100030D ] }; // combining vertical line above key <AE10> { [ 0, parenright, 0x1000329, 0x1000329 ] }; // combining vertical line below key <AE11> { [ minus, underscore, 0x1000304, 0x1000304 ] }; // combining macron above key <AE12> { [ equal, plus, 0x1000331, 0x1000331 ] }; // combining macron below key <AD01> { [ q, Q, oslash, Oslash ] }; // 0x10000F8, 0x10000D8 key <AD02> { [ w, W, schwa, SCHWA ] }; // 0x1000259, 0x100018F key <AD03> { [ e, E, 0x10001DD, 0x100018E ] }; // reverse E key <AD04> { [ r, R, 0x100024D, 0x100024C ] }; // R with stroke // 0x1000167, 0x1000166 ] }; // T with stroke // 0x100027D, 0x1002C64 ] }; // R with tail key <AD05> { [ t, T, 0x10001AD, 0x10001AC ] }; // T with hook key <AD06> { [ y, Y, 0x10001B4, 0x10001B3 ] }; // Y with hook key <AD07> { [ u, U, 0x1000289, 0x1000244 ] }; // U with bar key <AD08> { [ i, I, 0x1000268, 0x1000197 ] }; // I with bar key <AD09> { [ o, O, 0x1000254, 0x1000186 ] }; // open O key <AD10> { [ p, P, 0x10001A5, 0x10001A4 ] }; // P with hook key <AD11> { [ bracketleft, braceleft, 0x10001B6, 0x10001B5 ] }; // Z with bar key <AD12> { [bracketright, braceright,Greek_sigma, Greek_SIGMA ] }; // 0x1000283, 0x10001A9 key <AC01> { [ a, A, 0x1000251, 0x100F208 ] }; // alpha key <AC02> { [ s, S, 0x100025B, 0x1000190 ] }; // open E key <AC03> { [ d, D, 0x1000257, 0x100018A ] }; // D with hook key <AC04> { [ f, F, 0x1000192, 0x1000191 ] }; // F with hook key <AC05> { [ g, G, 0x1000260, 0x1000193 ] }; // G with hook key <AC06> { [ h, H, 0x1000257, 0x100018A ] }; // H with caron above key <AC07> { [ j, J, 0x1000256, 0x1000189 ] }; // d with tail, African D key <AC08> { [ k, K, 0x1000199, 0x1000198 ] }; // K with hook key <AC09> { [ l, L, 0x1000269, 0x1000196 ] }; // iota key <AC10> { [ semicolon, colon, 0x1000308, 0x1000308 ] }; // combining diaeresis above key <AC11> { [ apostrophe, quotedbl, 0x1000301, 0x1000301 ] }; // combining acute key <BKSL> { [ backslash, bar, 0x1000294, 0x1000295 ] }; // glottal stop, pharyngeal voiced fricative key <AB01> { [ z, Z, 0x1000292, 0x10001B7 ] }; // ezh key <AB02> { [ x, X, 0x1000263, 0x1000194 ] }; // gamma key <AB03> { [ c, C, 0x1000188, 0x1000187 ] }; // C with hook key <AB04> { [ v, V, 0x100028B, 0x10001B2 ] }; // V with hook key <AB05> { [ b, B, 0x1000253, 0x1000181 ] }; // B with hook key <AB06> { [ n, N, 0x100014B, 0x100014A ] }; // eng key <AB07> { [ m, M, 0x1000272, 0x100019D ] ); // N with left hook key <AB08> { [ comma, less, 0x1000327, 0x10000AB ] }; // combining cedilla, guillemet left key <AB09> { [ period, greater, 0x1000323, 0x10000BB ] }; // combining dot below, guillemet right key <AB10> { [ slash, question, 0x1000307, questiondown ] }; // combining dot above, 0x10000BF key <I219> { [ multiply, division, ISO_Next_Group, ISO_Prev_Group ] }; include "level3(ralt_switch)" };
Strategy from here
Maybe what is needed is to get a small group of experts to hash out details of a good layout, understanding that
- the perfect configuration(s) is(are) probably not in our grasp
- that something well thought out for immediate needs of OLPC can be a good basis for discussion for future uses in OLPC
- that whatever OLPC comes up with will no doubt influence inevitable discussions of keyboard standards in the region.
Just a suggestion. --Don 10:25, 19 November 2007 (EST)