[ Forwarded from http://bugs.debian.org/347149 ] "gnome-keyboard-properties includes the following five options for keyboard layout (among others): - U.S. English - International (with dead keys) - U.S. English w/ dead keys - U.S. English w/ ISO9995-3 - Eliminate dead keys I don't really have any idea how these differ; how is "U.S. English International (with dead keys)" different from "U.S. English w/ dead keys"? Does "U.S. English w/ ISO9995-3" have dead keys? Why are these five options grouped in three sections, instead of together in one? Also, I know what dead keys are, but if I didn't, Gnome wouldn't tell me (although Google will). I don't know what ISO9995-3 is, and in this case, Google is no help either. A picture of the keyboard is displayed with each option, but it appears to be the same, giving no basis for choosing one layout over another. It would be very helpful if someone who understands how these keyboard layouts differ renamed them in Gnome to make the choices clear. It would also be helpful if Gnome included an explanation of dead keys." This bug was first filed as GNOME #376394, but it was pointed out that these strings belong in xkeyboard-config.
ok, first of all - yes, this is the right place to discuss these strings;) I just looked at the variant names in xkeyboard-config/symbols/us: $ grep name symbols/us name[Group1]= "U.S. English"; name[Group1]= "U.S. English - With EuroSign on 5"; name[Group1]= "U.S. English - International (with dead keys)"; name[Group1]= "U.S. English - Alternative international (former us_intl)"; name[Group1]= "U.S. English - Dvorak"; name[Group1]= "U.S. English - Left handed Dvorak"; name[Group1]= "U.S. English - Right handed Dvorak"; name[Group1]= "U.S. English - Classic Dvorak"; name[Group1]= "U.S. English - Russian phonetic"; name[Group1]= "U.S. English - Macintosh"; name[Group1]= "U.S. English - Colemak"; There is no mentioning of ISO9995-3. Which of these names should be explained in more details? The names like "Dvorak" or "Colemak" are unclear - but here the simple rule applies: "if you do not know it, most likely you do not need it;)" But anyway, I am open to suggestions; if you have better wordings, please let me know.
It does look like the descriptions are a little less cryptic, and I agree with your point about this being mostly self-explanatory to those who need it. Anyway, I pointed the original bug submitter from Debian to this discussion in case he would like to give his opinion.
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