OLPC Urdu Keyboard

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OLPC keyboard layouts

Instructions for setting up keyboard switching in Terminal are on the Customizing NAND images page. On bilingual XOs, the multiplication/division key is replaced with a keyboard switching key.

Changing the language of the keyboard is independent of changing the language currently displayed. The language currently displayed can be changed by using the Language section of the Sugar Control Panel.

Membrane keyboard layouts

English (US international); Spanish (Latin America); Portuguese (Brazilian); Amharic (Ethiopic); Arabic; Nigerian (Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba); French; Thai; Urdu; Cyrillic (Russian); Turkish; Nepali; Mongolian; Kazakh; Devanagari; Uzbek; Pashto; Dari; Armenian; Khmer; Pulaar; Italian; Kreyòl; German; Chinese (Simplified); OLPC AZERTY

Non-membrane keyboard layouts

Starting with the XO-1.5 HS ("High School") edition, the XO laptop has a traditional (non-membrane) keyboard available as an option: English (US International); Spanish (Latin America);

Blank Keyboard Artwork

Artwork defining the inner dimensions of the membrane keyboard is available here: keyboard-blank.svg

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Urdu keyboard layout

Symbol Table

XKB KEY	HID	key	unmodified	shift	alt gr	alt gr shift	ctrl	fn	comment
	0x38	110	esc					HK_01
	0x79	140						HK_00	search
	0x3A	112	XK_ViewMesh						F1, analog 1
	0x77	141						HK_02	analog 2
	0x3B	113	XK_ViewFriends						F2, analog 3
	0x76	142						HK_07	analog 4
	0x3C	114	XK_ViewHome						F3, analog 5
	0x75	143						HK_08	analog 6
	0x3D	115	XK_ViewActivity						F4, analog 7
	0x3E	116							F5, analog 8
	0x74	144						HK_09	analog 9
	0x3F	117							F6, analog 10
	0x73	145						HK_10	analog 11
	0x40	118							F7, analog 12
	0x72	146						HK_11	analog 13
	0x41	119							F8, analog 14
	0x42	120							F9, analog 15
	0x71	147						HK_12	analog 16
	0x43	121							F10, analog 17
	0x70	148						HK_13	analog 18
	0x44	122							F11, analog 19
	0x6F	149						HK_14	analog 20
	0x45	123							F12, analog 21
	0x6E	150						HK_05	bulletin board
	0x5D	129	XK_Menu					HK_06	frame
key <TLDE>	0x01	1	grave	asciitilde	0x1000654	0x100064B			HAMZA ABOVE; FATHATAN
key <AE01>	0x1E	2	1	exclam	0x10006F1	0x1000603			ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT ONE; SIGN SAFHA
key <AE02>	0x1F	3	2	at	0x10006F2	0x1000602	C-@		ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT TWO; ARABIC FOOTNOTE MARKER
key <AE03>	0x20	4	3	numbersign	0x10006F3	0x1000601			ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT THREE; SIGN SANAH
key <AE04>	0x21	5	4	dollar	0x10006F4	0x1000600			ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT FOUR; ARABIC NUMBER SIGN
key <AE05>	0x22	6	5	percent	0x10006F5	0x100060F			ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT FIVE; SIGN MISRA
key <AE06>	0x23	7	6	asciicircum	0x10006F6	0x100060E	C-^		ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT SIX; ARABIC POETIC VERSE SIGN
key <AE07>	0x24	8	7	ampersand	0x10006F7	0x1000614			ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT SEVEN; SIGN TAKHALLUS
key <AE08>	0x25	9	8	asterisk	0x10006F8	0x1000612			ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT EIGHT; SIGN RAHMATULLAH ALAYHE
key <AE09>	0x26	10	9	parenleft	0x10006F9	0x1000611			ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT NINE; SIGN ALAYHE ASSALLAM
key <AE10>	0x27	11	0	parenright	0x10006F0	0x1000613			ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT ZERO; SIGN RADI ALLAHOU ANHU
key <AE11>	0x2D	12	minus	underscore	minus	0x1000610	C-_		SALLALLAHOU; SIGN ALAYHE WASSALLAM
key <AE12>	0x2E	13	equal	plus	equal	plus
key <BKSP>	0x2A	15	backspace					delete
key <TAB>	0x2B	16	tab	back tab
key <AD01>	0x14	17	q	Q	0x1000642	0x1000652	C-Q		QAF; SUKUN
key <AD02>	0x1A	18	w	W	0x1000648	0x1000651	C-W		FATHATAN; SHADDA
key <AD03>	0x08	19	e	E	0x1000639	0x1000670	C-E		AIN; SUPERSCRIPT ALEF
key <AD04>	0x15	20	r	R	0x1000631	0x1000691	C-R		REH; RREH
key <AD05>	0x17	21	t	T	0x100062A	0x1000679	C-T		TEH; TTEH
key <AD06>	0x1C	22	y	Y	0x10006D2	0x100064E	C-Y		YEH BARREE; FATHA
key <AD07>	0x18	23	u	U	0x1000621	0x1000626	C-U		HAMZA; YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE
key <AD08>	0x0C	24	i	I	0x10006CC	0x1000650	C-I		FARSI YEH; KASRA
key <AD09>	0x12	25	o	O	0x10006C1	0x10006C3	C-O		HEH GOAL; TEH MARBUTA GOAL
key <AD10>	0x13	26	p	P	0x100067E	0x100064F	C-P		PEH; DAMMA
key <AD11>	0x2F	27	[	{	0x100FDFD	0x100FDFA	C-[		BISMILLAH AR-RAHMAN AR-RAHEEM; SALLALLAHOU ALAYHE WASALLAM
key <AD12>	0x30	28	]	}	0x100FDF2	0x100FDFB	C-]		ALLAH ISOLATED FORM; JALLAJALALOUHOU
key <CAPS>	0xE0	58	control
key <AC01>	0x04	31	a	A	0x1000627	0x1000622	C-A		ALEF; ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE
key <AC02>	0x16	32	s	S	0x1000633	0x1000635	C-S		SEEN; SAD
key <AC03>	0x07	33	d	D	0x100062F	0x1000688	C-D		DAL; DDAL
key <AC04>	0x09	34	f	F	0x1000641		C-F		FEH
key <AC05>	0x0A	35	g	G	0x10006AF	0x100063A	C-G		GAF; GHAIN
key <AC06>	0x0B	36	h	H	0x100062D	0x10006BE	C-H		HAH; HEH DOACHASHMEE
key <AC07>	0x0D	37	j	J	0x100062C	0x1000636	C-J		JEEM; DAD
key <AC08>	0x0E	38	k	K	0x10006A9	0x100062E	C-K		KEHEH; KHAH
key <AC09>	0x0F	39	l	L	0x1000644	0x1000656	C-L		LAM; SUBSCRIPT ALEF
key <AC10>	0x33	40	semicolon	colon	0x100061B	colon
key <AC11>	0x34	41	apostrophe	quotedbl	apostrophe	quotedbl
key <BKSL>	0x31	42	backslash	bar	backslash	bar	C-\
key <RTRN>	0x28	43	enter					insert
key <LFSH>	0xE1	44	left shift
key <AB01>	0x1D	46	z	Z	0x1000632	0x1000630	C-Z		ZAIN; THAL
key <AB02>	0x1B	47	x	X	0x1000634	0x1000698	C-X		SHEEN; JEH
key <AB03>	0x06	48	c	C	0x1000686	0x100062B	C-C		TCHEH; THEH
key <AB04>	0x19	49	v	V	0x1000637	0x1000638	C-V		TAH; ZAH
key <AB05>	0x05	50	b	B	0x1000628		C-B		BEH
key <AB06>	0x11	51	n	N	0x1000646	0x10006BA	C-N		NOON; NOON GHUNNA
key <AB07>	0x10	52	m	M	0x1000645	0x1000658	C-M		MEEM; MARK NOON GHUNNA
key <AB08>	0x36	53	comma	less	0x100060C	0x1000657			ARABIC COMMA; INVERTED DAMMA
key <AB09>	0x37	54	period	greater	0x10006D4	0x100066B			ARABIC FULL STOP; DECIMAL SEPARATOR
key <AB10>	0x38	55	slash	question	slash	0x100061F			ARABIC QUESTION MARK
key <RTSH>	0xE5	57	right shift
key <UP>	0x52	83	up arrow					page up
key <LSGT>	0x73	56	ISO_Next_Group	ISO_Prev_Group	ISO_Next_Group	ISO_Prev_Group		HK_04
	0xE1	59	fn
	0x5B	127	XK_Grab_L
key <LALT>	0xE2	60	alt
key <SPCE>	0x2C	61	space					XK_ViewSource
key <RALT>	0xE6	62	alt gr
	0x5C	128	XK_Grab_R					HK_03
key <LEFT>	0x50	79	left arrow					home
key <DOWN>	0x51	84	down arrow					page down
key <RGHT>	0x4F	89	right arrow					end

OLPC section of the XKB symbol file

To use the XKB Urdu layout along with US layout, you may need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This will make "us" the first and "pk" a second layout:

XkbLayout "us,pk"
XkbVariant "olpc2,olpc"

partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "olpc" {

// Contact: Walter Bender <walter@laptop.org>

  include "pk(ara)"

  // Keys '~' - '='
  key <TLDE> {  [ 0x1000654, 0x100064B ] };
  key <AE01> {  [ 0x10006F1, 0x1000603 ] };
  key <AE02> {  [ 0x10006F2, 0x1000602 ] };
  key <AE03> {  [ 0x10006F3, 0x1000601 ] };
  key <AE04> {  [ 0x10006F4, 0x1000600 ] };
  key <AE05> {  [ 0x10006F5, 0x100060F ] };
  key <AE06> {  [ 0x10006F6, 0x100060E ] };
  key <AE07> {  [ 0x10006F7, 0x1000614 ] };
  key <AE08> {  [ 0x10006F8, 0x1000612 ] };
  key <AE09> {  [ 0x10006F9, 0x1000611 ] };
  key <AE10> {  [ 0x10006F0, 0x1000613 ] };
  key <AE11> {  [ minus,     0x1000610 ] };
  key <AE12> {  [ equal, plus ] };

  //Keys 'Q' - ']'
  key <AD01> {  [ 0x1000642, 0x1000652 ] };
  key <AD02> {  [ 0x1000648, 0x1000651 ] };
  key <AD03> {  [ 0x1000639, 0x1000670 ] };
  key <AD04> {  [ 0x1000631, 0x1000691 ] };
  key <AD05> {  [ 0x100062A, 0x1000679 ] };
  key <AD06> {  [ 0x10006D2, 0x100064E ] };
  key <AD07> {  [ 0x1000621, 0x1000626 ] };
  key <AD08> {  [ 0x10006CC, 0x1000650 ] };
  key <AD09> {  [ 0x10006C1, 0x10006C3 ] };
  key <AD10> {  [ 0x100067E, 0x100064F ] };
  key <AD12> {  [ 0x100FDFD, 0x100FDFA ] };
  key <AD11> {  [ 0x100FDF2, 0x100FDFB ] };


  // Keys 'A' - '''
  key <AC01> {  [ 0x1000627, 0x1000622 ] };
  key <AC02> {  [ 0x1000633, 0x1000635 ] };
  key <AC03> {  [ 0x100062F, 0x1000688 ] };
  key <AC04> {  [ 0x1000641 ] }; //shift key not available
  key <AC05> {  [ 0x10006AF, 0x100063A ] };
  key <AC06> {  [ 0x100062D, 0x10006BE ] };
  key <AC07> {  [ 0x100062C, 0x1000636 ] };
  key <AC08> {  [ 0x10006A9, 0x100062E ] };
  key <AC09> {  [ 0x1000644, 0x1000656 ] };
  key <AC10> {  [ 0x100061B, colon ] };
  key <AC11> {  [ quote, doublequote  ] };


  key <BKSL> { [  backslash, bar  ] };
  key <SPCE> { [  space  ] };

  // Keys: 'Z' - '/'
  key <AB01> {  [ 0x1000632, 0x1000630 ] };
  key <AB02> {  [ 0x1000634, 0x1000698 ] };
  key <AB03> {  [ 0x1000686, 0x100062B ] };
  key <AB04> {  [ 0x1000637, 0x1000638 ] };
  key <AB05> {  [ 0x1000628 ] }; //shift key unavailable
  key <AB06> {  [ 0x1000646, 0x10006BA ] };
  key <AB07> {  [ 0x1000645, 0x1000658 ] };
  key <AB08> {  [ 0x100060C, 0x1000657 ] };
  key <AB09> {  [ 0x10006D4, 0x100066B ] };
  key <AB10> {  [ slash,     0x100061F ] };

  //language key
  key <I219> {  [ISO_Next_Group  ,  ISO_Prev_Group      ]     };
};