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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
>>
>
>>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
>>>Cc: list.  You should include -questions too if it's a followup to a
>>>message in -questions, but if I see my name flagged, I'll give it more
>>>attention.
>>>
>>>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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