How to create a keyboard layout

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Taken from Bernie Innocenti's response to Sayamindu Dasgupta on the devel mailing list, 5/24/08. Please expand these instructions, include links, clarify, cleanup, test, and improve. 


> > I'm not sure about the workflow for adding new keyboards - do I add
> > the relevant changes to xkeyboard-config and start a build in Koji ?
> > Thanks,

Both me and Arjun did it in the past.  It's not complicated:

 - checkout the Freedesktop xkeyboard-config CVS
     http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig/Development
 - read the rules for submitting xkeyboard-config patches:
     http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig/Rules
 - apply your changes there
 - diff to obtain a patch
 - open a bug in Freedesktop's bugzilla with the patch attached
 - wait for Sergey Udaltsov to apply it

In parallel, you can add the patch to the package:

 - obtain a Fedora account if you do not have one already
 - checkout Fedora CVS for xkeyboard-config
 - go to the OLPC-2 branch (check with dgilmore if you also need OLPC-3)
 - add your patch (see how the others were done)
 - commit your changes
 - rebuild in Koji
 - your changes will appear in the next joyride build

Also see keyboard_list for creating the artwork.

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