Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:08:02 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: "Alexandr E. Derevyanko" <der@pc759.cs.msu.su> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to change keyboard layout in XFree86 from ISO-8859-5 to KOI8 ? Message-ID: <36A25132.B89EAF77@uk.radan.com> References: <36A1E64C.25256B47@pc759.cs.msu.su>
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"Alexandr E. Derevyanko" wrote:
>
> Hello !
>
> I set up a FREEBSD 2.2.8 and XFree86 3.3.3.
> In terminal mode cyrillic locale works very good, but when i switch to
> X,
> i can only read texts in KOI8 encoding, not to write whem. I tryes to
> set up a XKB,
> and it works good, but enters the texts in ISO-8859-5 encoding (so, with
> koi8 font, i see
> a very strange symbols). I tryes to make direct xmodmap modification,
> but it doesn't helps,
> and programm xruskb doesn't work to.
> Anybody knows, how to switch the XKB from ISO-8859-5 to KOI8 ? Or, at
> least, where can i found
> iso-8859-5 fonts ?
>
> >From my XF86Config:
> ----------------------
> Xkbkeycodes "xfree86"
> XkbTypes "default"
> XkbCompat "default"
> XkbSymbols "en_US(pc102)+ru"
> XkbGeometry "pc"
> ----------------------
> >From default section of my login.conf:
> ----------------------
> :charset=KOI8-R:\
> :lang=ru_RU.KOI8-R:
> ----------------------
See section 13.1 of the handbook:
13.1. Russian Language (KOI8-R encoding)
Contributed by Andrey A. Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.ORG>
1 May 1997.
See more info about KOI8-R encoding at KOI8-R References (Russian Net
Character Set).
13.1.1. Console Setup
13.1.2. Locale Setup
13.1.2.1. Login Class Method
13.1.2.2. Shell Startup Files Method
13.1.3. Printer Setup
13.1.4. MSDOS FS and Russian file names
13.1.5. X Window Setup
>
> Alex Derevyanko.
>
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