OLPC French 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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French keyboard

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	twosuperior	asciitilde	notsign	notsign
key <AE01>	0x1E	2	ampersand	1	onesuperior	exclamdown
key <AE02>	0x1F	3	eacute	2	asciitilde	oneeighth
key <AE03>	0x20	4	quotedbl	3	numbersign	sterling
key <AE04>	0x21	5	apostrophe	4	braceleft	dollar	C-[
key <AE05>	0x22	6	parenleft	5	bracketleft	threeeighths
key <AE06>	0x23	7	minus	6	bar	fiveeighths
key <AE07>	0x24	8	egrave	7	grave	seveneighths
key <AE08>	0x25	9	underscore	8	backslash	trademark	C-_
key <AE09>	0x26	10	ccedilla	9	asciicircum	plusminus	C-^
key <AE10>	0x27	11	agrave	0	at	degree	C-@
key <AE11>	0x2D	12	parenright	degree	bracketright	questiondown	C-]
key <AE12>	0x2E	13	equal	plus	braceright	dead_ogonek
key <BKSP>	0x2A	15	backspace					delete
key <TAB>	0x2B	16	tab	back tab
key <AD01>	0x14	17	a	A	æ	Æ	C-A
key <AD02>	0x1A	18	z	Z	guillemotleft	less	C-Z
key <AD03>	0x08	19	e	E	Eurosign	cent	C-E
key <AD04>	0x15	20	r	R			C-R
key <AD05>	0x17	21	t	T			C-T
key <AD06>	0x1C	22	y	Y			C-Y
key <AD07>	0x18	23	u	U			C-U
key <AD08>	0x0C	24	i	I			C-I
key <AD09>	0x12	25	o	O			C-O
key <AD10>	0x13	26	p	P			C-P
key <AD11>	0x2F	27	dead_circumflex	dead_diaeresis	dead_diaeresis	dead_abovering
key <AD12>	0x30	28	dollar	sterling	currency	dead-macron
key <CAPS>	0xE0	58	control
key <AC01>	0x04	31	q	Q	at	Greek_OMEGA	C-Q
key <AC02>	0x16	32	s	S	ssharp	ssharp	C-S
key <AC03>	0x07	33	d	D			C-D
key <AC04>	0x09	34	f	F	ordfeminine	ordfeminine	C-F
key <AC05>	0x0A	35	g	G			C-G
key <AC06>	0x0B	36	h	H			C-H
key <AC07>	0x0D	37	j	J			C-J
key <AC08>	0x0E	38	k	K			C-K
key <AC09>	0x0F	39	l	L			C-L
key <AC10>	0x33	40	m	M	mu	masculine	C-M
key <AC11>	0x34	41	ugrave	percent	dead_circumflex	dead_caron
key <BKSL>	0x31	42	asterisk	mu	dead_grave	dead_breve
key <RTRN>	0x28	43	enter					insert
key <LFSH>	0xE1	44	left shift
key <AB01>	0x1D	46	w	W	lstroke	Lstroke	C-W
key <AB02>	0x1B	47	x	X	guillemotright	guillemotright	C-X
key <AB03>	0x06	48	c	C			C-C
key <AB04>	0x19	49	v	V			C-V
key <AB05>	0x05	50	b	B			C-B
key <AB06>	0x11	51	n	N			C-N
key <AB07>	0x10	52	comma	question	dead_acute	dead_breve
key <AB08>	0x36	53	semicolon	period	horizconnector	multiply
key <AB09>	0x37	54	colon	slash	periodcentered	division	C-\
key <AB10>	0x38	55	exclam	section	dead_belowdot	dead_abovedot
key <RTSH>	0xE5	57	right shift
key <UP>	0x52	83	up arrow					page up
key <LSGT>	0x73	56	greater	less				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