Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 14:38:20 +0100 From: "Ahmed Benani" <ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re : Re : How to create a keymap for iso 8859-9??? Message-ID: <19991206133929.97CFD15379@hub.freebsd.org>
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>De : "Ahmed Benani" <ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch>
>À : Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>,
freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Objet : Re : How to create a keymap for iso 8859-9???
>Date : Lun 6 déc 1999 1:20
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>STOP SENDING YOUR MATERIAL. I RECEIVE OVER TWO HUNDRED MESSAGES PER DAY AND
>I NEVER SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR LITS: PLEASE STOP SENDING MESSAGES AHMED BENANI,
>ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch
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>>DeÝ: Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
>>¿ : Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>>ObjetÝ: Re: How to create a keymap for iso 8859-9???
>>DateÝ: Dim 5 dÈc 1999 23:51
>>
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>>On Saturday, 4 December 1999 at 9:22:12 +0200, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
>>> On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Greg Lehey wrote:
>>>> On Friday, 26 November 1999 at 19:47:36 +0200, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>> How can I find information about keyboard scan codes?
>>>>
>>>> Look in the sources. You'll also probably find stuff in books on PC
>>>> hardware.
>>>
>>> My problem is a little bit different. I have found out that FreeBSD
>>> does not have support for ISO-8859-9 character set. Which is consisting of
>>> Turkish characters. I could find information about character set and I
>>> could change the required characters to make a font which comlies with ISO
>>> 8859-9 but I could not find any information about the key map for Turkish
>>> keyboard. Now I can do it manually by trying the keys in Windows and then
>>> apply to the keymap in FreeBSd but it is very time consuming and I do not
>>> know if I can put everything to the right places.
>>
>>Do you have a Turkish keyboard? Does it also show the US key layout?
>>If so, it's not very difficult.
>>
>>> Is there any place for document you know which clearly defines which key
>>> produces which characters with which key combinations ? (For example
>>> ALT-4 should produce $ sign)
>>
>>Yes, that's in the keymap definition. Look at
>>/usr/share/syscons/keymaps/us.iso.kbd, which defines the standard
>>layout. You would want to create a tr.iso.kbd for your layout.
>>
>>Here's an excerpt.
>>
>># alt
>># scan cntrl alt alt cntrl lock
>># code base shift cntrl shift alt shift cntrl shift state
>># ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 000 nop nop nop nop nop nop nop nop O
>> 001 esc esc esc esc esc esc debug esc O
>> 002 '1' '!' nop nop '1' '!' nop nop O
>> 003 '2' '@' nul nul '2' '@' nul nul O
>> 004 '3' '#' nop nop '3' '#' nop nop O
>> 005 '4' '$' nop nop '4' '$' nop nop O
>> 006 '5' '%' nop nop '5' '%' nop nop O
>> 007 '6' '^' rs rs '6' '^' rs rs O
>> 008 '7' '&' nop nop '7' '&' nop nop O
>> 009 '8' '*' nop nop '8' '*' nop nop O
>> 010 '9' '(' nop nop '9' '(' nop nop O
>> 011 '0' ')' nop nop '0' ')' nop nop O
>> 012 '-' '_' us us '-' '_' us us O
>> 013 '=' '+' nop nop '=' '+' nop nop O
>> 014 bs bs del del bs bs del del O
>> 015 ht btab nop nop ht btab nop nop O
>> 016 'q' 'Q' dc1 dc1 'q' 'Q' dc1 dc1 C
>> 017 'w' 'W' etb etb 'w' 'W' etb etb C
>> 018 'e' 'E' enq enq 'e' 'E' enq enq C
>> 019 'r' 'R' dc2 dc2 'r' 'R' dc2 dc2 C
>> 020 't' 'T' dc4 dc4 't' 'T' dc4 dc4 C
>> 021 'y' 'Y' em em 'y' 'Y' em em C
>> 022 'u' 'U' nak nak 'u' 'U' nak nak C
>> 023 'i' 'I' ht ht 'i' 'I' ht ht C
>> 024 'o' 'O' si si 'o' 'O' si si C
>> 025 'p' 'P' dle dle 'p' 'P' dle dle C
>>
>>The scan code (which in decimal, not octal, despite the leading 0)
>>represents the key. The next column describes the character generated
>>by the key alone. The column after that describes the character
>>generated with the key and the shift key. The column after that
>>describes the character generated with the key and the control key.
>>The column after that describes the character generated with the key
>>and the control and shift keys, and so on. The last column specifies
>>whether the CapsLock key applies to this character or not.
>>
>>To change this, just change the characters which are generated by the
>>key. For example, key 21 is 'y' in the USA, but 'z' in Germany. The
>>German keymap contains:
>>
>> 021 'z' 'Z' sub sub 'z' 'Z' sub sub C
>>
>>Note that the control characters have changed too: 'sub' is the ASCII
>>SUB control character, ^Z. If you leave this as dc4, you'll have the
>>bizarre situation where the key generates 'z' by itself, but ^Y with
>>the control key.
>>
>>> Also how can I submit the product to FreeBSD group so that it can be
>>> included in future releases?
>>
>>Send me the keymap when it's ready, and I'll commit it.
>>
>>Greg
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