Keyboard list

Procedure for creating a new keyboard:

check to see if there is an existing layout specified in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols
if yes to #1, then make a mock-up based upon this specification (I use inkscape to generate an SVG)
identify someone in country with whom to iterate in the design (presumably the design was motivated by someone in country)
create artwork and modified symbol file for X as necessary
push out to wiki for feedback; more iteration
hand the artwork off to Quanta
push the X changes upstream
approve samples from Quanta

Keyboard image:

Use Inkscape to create the keyboard
Save as PDF
Use Adobe to read PDF and Grab to take a screen shot
Save as Tiff
Use Imagemagick to convert to png ($ /Applications/ImageMagick-6.4.1/bin/convert <file>.tiff <file>.png)
Upload png to wiki page

Also see How_to_create_a_keyboard_layout for software development items.

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