Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 14:48:48 +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 : Re : How to create a keymap for iso 8859-9??? Message-ID: <19991206135321.94B9115328@hub.freebsd.org>
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>De=A0: "Ahmed Benani" <ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch>
>=C0 : Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>,
freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Objet=A0: Re : Re : How to create a keymap for iso 8859-9???
>Date=A0: Lun 6 d=E9c 1999 14:38
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>>De=DD: "Ahmed Benani" <ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch>
>>=BF : Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>,
>freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>>Objet=DD: Re : How to create a keymap for iso 8859-9???
>>Date=DD: Lun 6 d=C8c 1999 1:20
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>>STOP SENDING YOUR MATERIAL. I RECEIVE OVER TWO HUNDRED MESSAGES PER DAY A=
ND
>>I NEVER SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR LITS: PLEASE STOP SENDING MESSAGES AHMED BENAN=
I,
>>ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch
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>>>De=F0: Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
>>>=F8 : Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.OR=
G
>>>Objet=F0: Re: How to create a keymap for iso 8859-9???
>>>Date=F0: Dim 5 d=BBc 1999 23:51
>>>
>>
>>>If you want me to reply to a message, please include me in the To: or
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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 consistin=
g 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 Turk=
ish
>>>> keyboard. Now I can do it manually by trying the keys in Windows and t=
hen
>>>> 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 k=
ey
>>>> 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 '=3D' '+' nop nop '=3D' '+' 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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