Bug 5526 - XKB support for Catalan keyboards
Summary: XKB support for Catalan keyboards
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: xkeyboard-config
Classification: Unclassified
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 (IA32) All
: high normal
Assignee: xkb
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Reported: 2006-01-07 04:54 UTC by Robert Millan
Modified: 2006-01-07 01:15 UTC (History)
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Catalan XKB file (1.04 KB, text/plain)
2006-01-07 04:57 UTC, Robert Millan
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Description Robert Millan 2006-01-07 04:54:19 UTC
Support in XKB for Catalan PC keyboards, as manufactured by Large Format 
Computing, Inc. 
 
For details on the key layout, see 
http://www.language-keyboard.com/languages/catalan_layout.htm 
 
Note: in ISO-639, either "ca" or "cat" can be used to refer to the Catalan  
language.  Since "ca" is already taken, I'll opt for "cat" as the filename.
Comment 1 Robert Millan 2006-01-07 04:57:04 UTC
Created attachment 4262 [details]
Catalan XKB file
Comment 2 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2006-01-07 05:29:47 UTC
Since xkeyboard-config is trying to be country-oriented, could I put this as
es(cat) if you don't mind?
Comment 3 Robert Millan 2006-01-07 06:02:03 UTC
Please note that Catalan is spoken in 4 different countries, not just Spain.  
And in one of them (Andorra), it is the official language. 
 
Therefore, if you really must use country codes, it'd be perfectly correct to 
use "ad". 
 
Both "cat" and "ad" are ISO codes for language and country, respectively, so 
I'm happy with either of them. 
 
Thanks! 
 
Comment 4 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2006-01-07 07:08:15 UTC
OK, I will create layout 'ad' (Andorra) - and if someone in Spain would want it,
they'll just include it into 'es' as well (same fo other countries). Does it
make sense?
Comment 5 Robert Millan 2006-01-07 08:03:23 UTC
I'd buy anything that doesn't politize it.  Idealy, that'd be "cat", but I'm  
fine with "ad" if you like.  
  
So, yes, it makes sense.  Thank you!  
 
Comment 6 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2006-01-07 10:54:48 UTC
OK, I committed it. The group name is "Andorra" because it is default layout for
this country (other countries will have something like "Spain - Catalan"). See
http://cvs.freedesktop.org/xlibs/xkbdesc/symbols/ad. Thanks for your help.
Comment 7 Robert Millan 2006-01-07 20:15:48 UTC
Please note that this isn't the default layout in any country, though.  It is a     
fairly uncommon product that has been dessigned specificaly for Catalan     
typewriters.  
  
That said, if you have to associate it with a country, Andorra is the best 
take.  Other combinations have a political connotation that wouldn't be very 
well recieved by everyone. 
  
Thank you.  
 


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