Debian Bug report logs - #84720
xlibs: [XKB] suggested symbols file for Croatian (hr)

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [xkb/xf86cfg] definitions file for Croatian

Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 17:07:09 +0100

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Package: xbase-clients
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

There are two small changes necessary for xf86cfg and XF86Config file to
support my language:

--- /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst.orig
+++ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   br           Brazilian
   bg           Bulgarian
   ca           Canadian
+  hr           Croatian
   cs           Czechoslovakian
   dk           Danish
   ee           Estonian

and the attached file as "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/hr".

Please include this (and pass on to upstream). TIA!

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Message #14 received at 84720@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>

To: 84720@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: xlibs: [XKB] suggested symbols file for Croatian (hr) [UPSTREAM]

Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 02:10:26 +0100

Hi,

Since I filed this bug, things have changed a little bit. The support for
"hr" seems to have gotten included upstream from a different source, but
it's got some problems -- it doesn't support < and > as AltGr+, and AltGr+.
(respectively), i.e. <AB08> and <AB09>.

This change has been done in console-tools already, BTW.

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Message #17 received at 84720-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>

To: 84720-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#84720: xlibs: [XKB] suggested symbols file for Croatian (hr) [UPSTREAM]

Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 23:15:32 -0500

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On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 02:10:26AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> Since I filed this bug, things have changed a little bit. The support for
> "hr" seems to have gotten included upstream from a different source, but
> it's got some problems -- it doesn't support < and > as AltGr+, and AltGr+.
> (respectively), i.e. <AB08> and <AB09>.
> 
> This change has been done in console-tools already, BTW.

Can you send a diff between the existing version of symbols/hr and how
you'd like to see the file?

For instance, I am unsure what to do about "periodcentered" on AB09 and
I have absolutely no experience with Slovenian keyboards.

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Message #28 received at 84720@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josip Rodin <joy@gkvk.hr>

To: 84720@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [XKB] patch for the symbols file for Croatian (hr)

Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 19:47:07 +0100

tag 84720 patch
thanks

Hi,

For some reason, I never got your message to me asking for the patch, and
this seems to have gotten ignored because I didn't know you wanted it. :(

The patch I've been using, that makes the hr layout consistent with Windows
and with console-tools, just changes the AltGr+. and AltGr+, bindings:

--- hr.dpkg-dist        2002-10-04 22:49:16.000000000 +0200
+++ hr  2001-08-08 19:57:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@
                        [ braceright                    ]       };
     key <AB07> {       [         m,    M               ],
                        [ section                       ]       };
-    key <AB08> {       [     comma,    semicolon       ]       };
+    key <AB08> {       [     comma,    semicolon       ],
+                       [ less                          ]       };
     key <AB09> {       [    period,    colon           ],
-                       [ periodcentered                ]       };
+                       [ greater                       ]       };
     key <AB10> {       [     minus,    underscore      ]       };
     key <BKSL> {       [ zcaron,       Zcaron          ],
                        [ currency                      ]       };

Nobody I know has ever used AltGr+. to get |, because, well, because nobody
uses that, it doesn't work. :) I have no idea why the Slovenians use that,
but us Croats sure don't. We get | by pressing AltGr+w.

In addition, I'd note that some English layouts I've seen use Shift+, and
Shift+. to get < and > respectively, so it's pretty much obvious why we're
binding them to the right Alt, for consistency.

(Please let me know if you need any more evidence that this patch is not
just my silly wish and that it doesn't actually break anything. It's been
almost two years since I submitted it and I'd hate to see it ignored even
further just because I failed to produce enough arguments for it.)

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Message #37 received at 84720-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: barbier@linuxfr.org (Denis Barbier)

To: 84720-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: xlibs: [XKB] suggested symbols file for Croatian (hr)

Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 01:09:07 +0100

Hi,

/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/latin defines for the section included by hr:
    key <AB08>  { [     comma,  semicolon,         less,     multiply ] };
    key <AB09>  { [    period,      colon,      greater,     division ] };

So XFree86 4.3 should work out of the box, I am closing this bug.

Denis

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