[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #8536: Czech (Mac) keymap
- From: "janiczek" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 00:03:35 -0000
#8536: Czech (Mac) keymap
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Reporter: janiczek | Owner: jscipione
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Preferences/Keymap | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords: czech mac keymap
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by janiczek):
Replying to [comment:4 jscipione]:
> While I may be the Mac keyboard expert, I know nothing about Czech
except for what I can look up online. A cursory look at the map most of it
looks okay to me.
>
> There are a couple of problems with the attached keyboard layout file
though other than it should end in .keymap instead of .txt.
Yes, I didn't know about the .keymap extension convention until I found
out where the keymaps live in the source code. I will use the right
extension in the patch (if I am the one to patch it).
> There is a number of spaces in the option map in keys other than 0x5e
(the space key). This is true for many international maps though, is there
a good reason for this?
This is probably because of the way I (and presumably the other keymap
makers?) created the map in the Keymaps application. See, I drag'n'dropped
the "empty character" (well, now we know it was a space) to the previously
occupied keys before I put the right characters in their place.
So, the spaces don't really have a use. I will delete them in the .keymap
file directly (the application doesn't give me a way to do it).
> Also, RCommand is not mapped. Looking at
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2841 the Czech standard keyboard has both
left and right Command keys so it should be mapped AFAIK. The standard
code to map RCommand to is 0x67.
Yes, that escaped my attention. I'll add the RCommand there.
> Circumflex does not have a character defined in the first slot, but it
does map dead key tables. Either put a '^' there or don't include any dead
key maps if circumflex is not used on a Czech keyboard.
I'll remove the circumflex from dead key tables.
> I see that the 'S' key gets a character printed on the Apple Aluminum
keyboard for the option map, but it looks like you also defined some
characters for the 'A', 'D', 'H', 'J', 'L', and 'N' keys. Not knowing
Czech I can't say if that is normal or not.
These are all quirks of Mac keyboard layout and mathematical or Polish,
I'd say, characters. That was blind copying of the Mac layout from my
side. Or shouldn't I?
Oh, and I completely forgot the Option+Command combo. Whole new lot of
characters that I'll never use :) Should I put them there? (Will attach a
screenshot with all the variants.)
> I'll have to investigate a bit more to see if the non-ASCII characters
are all correct.
They're written at Mac, copied to pastebin.com and then retrieved on the
Haiku box in virtual machine. (wget of the raw input, so no browser
encoding reinterpreting)
So, recap:
1. spaces -> empty strings (with the exception of spacebar, obviously)
2. add RCommand
3. remove circumflex from dead key tables
4. add Option+Command set of characters, so it's mimicking the Mac layout
completely? Should I?
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