On 23 May 2016 at 20:45, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunna...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 2016-05-23 07:18, Timo Aaltonen wrote: > > On 2016-05-23 02:22, Mats Blakstad wrote: > >> I tried to make a ptach to update xkeyboard-config package to new > version: > >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-config/+bug/1584314 > > It's not in an uploadable state, I'm afraid. > > I made an attempt both with xkeyboard-config and libx11 via this PPA: > > https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/togo-kblayout > > The keyboard layout seems to work, but I couldn't enable the Togo > compose keys. Maybe I simply just don't know how... > I've really been struggling to test those compose keys myself, but I've been told that this is the file where I need to put them, and the patch has been reviewed and approved. Does Ubuntu uses the libX11? GTK has its own key compose file made from different sources: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/tree/gtk/gtkimcontextsimpleseqs.h#n18 Is Ubuntu doing anything similar, or simply using libX11 compose keys? > @Rodrigo / @Mats: > It would be great if you could enable the PPA, and try it out. Possibly > there is more into it before it will work as desired. > I tried to add it now, however, after i add the PPA and update then I simply get this: *W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/gunnarhj/togo-kblayout/ubuntu <http://ppa.launchpad.net/gunnarhj/togo-kblayout/ubuntu> xenial Release' does not have a Release file.* > > >> For Xlib it seems like last release was march 2015: > >> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/log/ > >> Maybe we can just commit the whole pack as it is now? > > > > no, just ping upstream to cut a release. > > In the PPA I just added a patch, but what you suggest is probably a > better long-term approach. ;) > > I've asked now: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95584 > >> I agree that to put it inside 'en_US' doesn't make much sense - but that > >> is what I was asked to do by Xorg people: > >> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92344#c3 > >> To me it seems like they want different countries to share compose > >> sequences, and they simply put it inside that file. > >> Not sure how this will work with Ubuntu? > > Me neither (see above). > > >> And once these packs are updated, will they only get available for > >> newest version, or updated on all ubuntu versions using XKB? > > They will be available in Ubuntu 16.10, but already released versions > won't be automatically updated. There are procedures in place for > "stable release updates", but I'm not sure if this change qualifies. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates Okay, thanks for info! > > > -- > Gunnar Hjalmarsson > https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj >
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