I can understand why you're fixing Colemak. But why are you dropping "extd" at the same time?

I didn't know i was, maybe ubuntu strips that layout (I grabbed the file from my ubuntu install)

Anyway, the colemak part is applied. Thanks!

This is broken.  GB Colemak's bottom row should be the same as US Colemak.
Please revert this change.

http://forum.colemak.com/viewtopic.php?pid=6175

It is the same as US colemak with this change. Colemak is an efficiency layout, sticking the backslash on the other side of the keyboard is completely wrong, incorrect to the layout, and incorrect to the entire point of colemak.

Before reverting this change, I suggest contacting the author of colemak and asking for his opinion on the subject.

Please note that the UK keyboard is an ISO 102/105-keys keyboard, not an ANSI 101/104-keys keyboard, thus with an additional key to the left of the letter Z.  This key has backslash and pipe characters on a UK keyboard (but has other characters on other European keyboards).

The UK Colemak keyboard was correct before this change.

I've sent the following to shai (The author of colemak) through the forum
system

<quote>
I was wondering if we could have your opinion on
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22735 

As far as I'm aware, the layout should be like this
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3832397/ukcolemakcorrect.png

However ghen says it should be like this
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3832397/ukcolemakincorrect.png

Can you please advise as to which is the correct layout? thanks.
</quote>

I'll post here when he replies.

Lads, I would be happy to apply whatever solution you agree on. I just do not want to apply and revert patches endlessly. Once you're happy with the layout (both of you, of course!) - please attach the final patch and I will commit it.

Thanks for understanding

Received word back from Shai

<quote>
The one that keeps the ZXCV in their place in with regards to the
normal UK keyboard is the correct one, i.e. the bottom one.
</quote>

That means I'm wrong, Geert Hendrickx is correct. Please revert this change :)

Thanks for the confirmation.  So the change can be reverted now.

You are of course free to continue to use your own variant of the layout. ;-)  But what xkeyboard-data calls "colemak" should be the standard layout that  people expect, otherwise it will only cause confusion and complaints, as we've seen.

Thanks--

Is it possible to get this reverted, the broken layout still seems to be in latest git.

Is everyone happy to revert that change?

(In reply to comment #12)
> Is everyone happy to revert that change?
> 

I've seen 3 votes in favour and 0 against...

Should I revert the entire patch? What about extd variant?

Created attachment 34541 [details] [review]
restore uk colemak variant

(In reply to comment #14)
> Should I revert the entire patch? What about extd variant?


That part was submitted by accident and has not been committed.  It's only the gb colemak variant part.

I have attached the correct reverse diff.

Thanks, committed the reverted patch

Since I have here some people who use gb(colemak), I would like to ask their opinion on the statistical question. How many people are using that layout these days (just your estimations, with some references if possible)? I suspect it would be a good candidate for moving into "extras" section.

Thank you