Hi xorg,
It was recommended to me in #xorg on irc that I should post this
question to your list. I hope this is appropriate.
I have been attempting to define a keyboard mapping for typing
Lushootseed (aka, Puget Salish) [iso639-3:lut]. Ideally, I will use the
layout that Dave Sienko at Tulalip has already implemented in Tauvlesoft.
http://www.tulaliplushootseed.com/NWIC-103-2009/Lushootseed%20Font%20&%20Keyboard.htm
To do so, I created a lut.symbols file which handles much of the job
(attached). Here's a snippet:
key <AD01> { [ q, Q, U0251, U252 ] };
key <AD02> { [ w, W, U01BF, U01F7 ] };
key <AD03> { [ schwa, E, schwa, SCHWA] };
key <AD04> { [ U0161, R, U0279, U027E ] };
However, I was unable to implement the mapping (shown in the link to
tulaliplushootseed.com) completely because the output of many of the
upper case (shifted) keystrokes should be a series of unicode characters
rather than a single one. That is, I have to use combining diacritics.
However, I was unable to define a series of characters in this file
without generating an error. For example, each of the following
attempts fail because, from what I can tell, there's no way to include
more than a single unicode code-point as one of the values in the array.
I haven't discovered any quoting or grouping mechanism.
---
key <AD01> { [ q, q̓, U0251, U252 ] };
---
---
key <AD01> { [ q, "q̓", U0251, U252 ] };
---
---
key <AD01> { [ q, qU0313, U0251, U252 ] };
---
---
key <AD01> { [ q, U0071U0313, U0251, U252 ] };
---
---
key <AD01> { [ q, U0071+U0313, U0251, U252 ] };
---
The question is this: is there a way to define keyboards that implement
characters that include combining diacritics in the output of specific
keys? Where can I find out more about what steps I should undertake to
define an official keyboard for typing Lushootseed on xorg?
Please let me know if this question is more appropriate for another list
or if I should refine the question in some way.
Best regards,
JC
// $XKeyboardConfig: xkbdesc/symbols/latin,v 1.3 2004/10/09 17:40:26 svu Exp $
// Common Latin alphabet layout
//
// $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/latin,v 1.3 2002/12/20 20:18:34 paulo
Exp $
default partial
xkb_symbols "basic" {
key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, onesuperior, exclamdown ] };
key <AE02> { [ 2, at, twosuperior, oneeighth ] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, numbersign, U00A3, U20AC ] };
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, onequarter, cent ] };
key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, onehalf, threeeighths ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, asciicircum, threequarters, fiveeighths ] };
key <AE07> { [ 7, ampersand, paragraph, seveneighths ] };
key <AE08> { [ 8, asterisk, bracketleft, trademark ] };
key <AE09> { [ 9, parenleft, bracketright, plusminus ] };
key <AE10> { [ 0, parenright, braceright, degree ] };
key <AE11> { [ minus, underscore, U2014, questiondown ] };
key <AE12> { [ equal, plus, dead_cedilla, dead_ogonek ] };
key <AD01> { [ q, Q, U0251, U252 ] };
key <AD02> { [ w, W, U01BF, U01F7 ] };
key <AD03> { [ schwa, E, schwa, SCHWA] };
key <AD04> { [ U0161, R, U0279, U027E ] };
key <AD05> { [ t, T, theta, THETA ] };
key <AD06> { [ y, Y, leftarrow, yen ] };
key <AD07> { [ u, U, upsilon, UPSILON ] };
key <AD08> { [ i, I, idotless, U026A ] };
key <AD09> { [ U02B7, O, U0254, Ooblique ] };
key <AD10> { [ p, P, thorn, THORN ] };
key <AD11> { [bracketleft, braceleft, dead_diaeresis, dead_abovering ] };
key <AD12> { [bracketright, braceright, dead_tilde, dead_macron ] };
key <AC01> { [ a, A, ae, AE ] };
key <AC02> { [ s, S, ssharp, section ] };
key <AC03> { [ d, D, eth, ETH ] };
key <AC04> { [ U0294, F, dstroke, ordfeminine ] };
key <AC05> { [ g, G, U021D, U021C ] };
key <AC06> { [ h, H, hstroke, Hstroke ] };
key <AC07> { [ U01f0, J ] };
key <AC08> { [ k, K, kra, ampersand ] };
key <AC09> { [ l, L, lstroke, Lstroke ] };
key <AC10> { [ U026C, colon, dead_acute, U02D0 ] };
key <AC11> { [apostrophe, quotedbl, dead_circumflex, dead_caron ] };
key <TLDE> { [ grave, asciitilde, notsign, notsign ] };
key <BKSL> { [ backslash, bar, dead_grave, dead_breve ] };
key <AB01> { [ z, Z, guillemotleft, less ] };
key <AB02> { [ x, X, guillemotright, greater ] };
key <AB03> { [ c, C, cent, copyright ] };
key <AB04> { [ U010D, V, leftdoublequotemark, grave ] };
key <AB05> { [ b, B, rightdoublequotemark, apostrophe ] };
key <AB06> { [ n, N, eng, ENG ] };
key <AB07> { [ m, M, mu, masculine ] };
key <AB08> { [ comma, less, horizconnector, multiply ] };
key <AB09> { [ period, greater, periodcentered, division ] };
key <AB10> { [ slash, question, dead_belowdot, dead_abovedot ] };
};
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