How do I add Latvian keyboard layout?
How do I add Latvian keyboard layout?
how do i add a keyboard layout to puppylinux ?
i would like to use lv (latvian) layout on a qwerty keyboard. unfortunately, puppy does not privde it by default.
i found some instructions about downloading kbd package from kernel.org, but this package does not contain lv layout.
maybe i can use some files from slackware (i tried searching for similar layouts, but no luck).
i am interested in xwin - basically, to allow input into gnumeric, abiword & firefox, i don't care about console.
thanks.
i would like to use lv (latvian) layout on a qwerty keyboard. unfortunately, puppy does not privde it by default.
i found some instructions about downloading kbd package from kernel.org, but this package does not contain lv layout.
maybe i can use some files from slackware (i tried searching for similar layouts, but no luck).
i am interested in xwin - basically, to allow input into gnumeric, abiword & firefox, i don't care about console.
thanks.
Here are two layouts from my Ubuntu. Follow the instructions in the post from bugs section with the German Keyboard layout.
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thanks for the files - they allow me to enter diacritic symbols... unfortunately, the wrong ones :)
i tried both layouts and different fonts (including bitstream vera from my slackware box, times new roman from microsoft) - in both cases different symbols than i had expected appeared.
both these fonts contain required symbols set and it works on slackware.
any ideas what might have gone wrong ?
i tried both layouts and different fonts (including bitstream vera from my slackware box, times new roman from microsoft) - in both cases different symbols than i had expected appeared.
both these fonts contain required symbols set and it works on slackware.
any ideas what might have gone wrong ?
I guess, you need to activate either a specific codeset with Latvian support. The standard one is ISO-somehting-1 which is fine with most Western European language (well. the € symbol is missing).
I guess we have to switch to unicode, but I haven't fully understand how to properly implement it yet. We need to define a so called "locale" that does this. Abiword, xterm, Mozilla and newer versions of Dillo seems to be ready for it if we can set the LANG environement value to the right thing. Maybe you can help ? There seems to be great interest from even more difficult languages like Vietnamese.
I guess we have to switch to unicode, but I haven't fully understand how to properly implement it yet. We need to define a so called "locale" that does this. Abiword, xterm, Mozilla and newer versions of Dillo seems to be ready for it if we can set the LANG environement value to the right thing. Maybe you can help ? There seems to be great interest from even more difficult languages like Vietnamese.
Menu | Setup | Wizard Wizard
window "Puppy Setup"
-> Change the mouse and keyboard
window "Input Wizard"
-> Advanced Xorg keyboard configuration
press button "Ok"
window "XKB Configuration Manager"
-> Layouts
dialog "Configure XKB layouts"
press button "Change"
Choose "lv Latvian"
press button "Ok"
system says "Success"
Then don't forget to press button "Yes" to activate new settings
system says "Success"
press button "Ok"
And now You are ready to write in latvian trought Right ALT+symbol
p.s. I just wasted some hours learning how to create custom XKB keyboard layout, just becouse in first attemp forget/didn't notice the button "Yes" to applay new settings.
window "Puppy Setup"
-> Change the mouse and keyboard
window "Input Wizard"
-> Advanced Xorg keyboard configuration
press button "Ok"
window "XKB Configuration Manager"
-> Layouts
dialog "Configure XKB layouts"
press button "Change"
Choose "lv Latvian"
press button "Ok"
system says "Success"
Then don't forget to press button "Yes" to activate new settings
system says "Success"
press button "Ok"
And now You are ready to write in latvian trought Right ALT+symbol
p.s. I just wasted some hours learning how to create custom XKB keyboard layout, just becouse in first attemp forget/didn't notice the button "Yes" to applay new settings.
Here are my Latvian (apostrophe variant) and Russian keyboard layout settings, in case somebody needs them. The settings file is located here. File - 10-evdev-puppy.conf
One note: these settings were made in EasyOS 2.2, but, I think, they should also work in Bionicpup.
Update:
Here are Bionicpup64 Latvian keyboard layout settings.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Jb1yM ... vaX0fIcHW5
Important note: You should put ,(comma) after word apostrophe, otherwise the "apostrophe variant" will not work. The graphical keyboard layout settings manager does not put that comma automatically (bug).
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JbYsG ... bQj1GN60N7
One note: these settings were made in EasyOS 2.2, but, I think, they should also work in Bionicpup.
Update:
Here are Bionicpup64 Latvian keyboard layout settings.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Jb1yM ... vaX0fIcHW5
Important note: You should put ,(comma) after word apostrophe, otherwise the "apostrophe variant" will not work. The graphical keyboard layout settings manager does not put that comma automatically (bug).
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JbYsG ... bQj1GN60N7