i want a way to visualise international keyboard layouts with each button's utf-8 equivalent
i figured xkb would be a great resource in mocking this up but the files therein use a syntax i am having trouble finding any information about
thought i'd reach out for some ideas on how to begin tackling this..
here is an example bit from /user/share/X11/xkb/symbols/jp:
Code:
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key <AE01> { [ kana_NU ] };
key <AE02> { [ kana_FU ] };
key <AE03> { [ kana_A, kana_a ] };
key <AE04> { [ kana_U, kana_u ] };
key <AE05> { [ kana_E, kana_e ] };
key <AE06> { [ kana_O, kana_o ] };
key <AE07> { [ kana_YA, kana_ya ] };
key <AE08> { [ kana_YU, kana_yu ] };
key <AE09> { [ kana_YO, kana_yo ] };
key <AE10> { [ kana_WA, kana_WO ] };
key <AE11> { [ kana_HO ] };
key <AE12> { [ kana_HE ] };
key <AE13> { [ prolongedsound ] };
key <AD01> { [ kana_TA ] };
key <AD02> { [ kana_TE ] };
key <AD03> { [ kana_I, kana_i ] };
key <AD04> { [ kana_SU ] };
key <AD05> { [ kana_KA ] };
key <AD06> { [ kana_N ] };
key <AD07> { [ kana_NA ] };
...
here's /user/share/X11/xkb/symbols/es:
Code:
key <AC01> {[ a, A, ae, AE ]};
key <AC02> {[ o, O, oslash, Oslash ]};
key <AC03> {[ e, E, EuroSign ]};
key <AC04> {[ u, U, aring, Aring ]};
key <AC05> {[ i, I, oe, OE ]};
key <AC06> {[ d, D, eth, ETH ]};
key <AC07> {[ r, R, registered, trademark ]};
key <AC08> {[ t, T, thorn, THORN ]};
key <AC09> {[ n, N, eng, ENG ]};
key <AC10> {[ s, S, ssharp, section ]};
key <AC11> {[ dead_acute, dead_diaeresis, braceleft, dead_tilde ]};
key <BKSL> {[ ccedilla, Ccedilla, braceright, dead_cedilla ]};
key <LSGT> {[ less, greater, guillemotleft, guillemotright ]};
key <AB01> {[ minus, underscore, hyphen, macron ]};
key <AB02> {[
how can i map those key definitions to utf?
after failing to find a quick and easy way i thought maybe i just switch my layout, type the character then do a decode..maybe?
seems unnecesarily annoying and liable to miss a key
again, any thoughts?
