Return of the living dead keys (COMPLETE SCENARIO WITH SPOILERS)

[Christos Ricudis]

Konstantinos Georgokitsos wrote:

>XF86Config:
>[...]
>Section "InputDevice"
>  Driver       "Keyboard"
>  Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
>  Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
>  Option       "XkbLayout" "us"
>  Option       "XkbModel" "pc104"
>  Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
>
>EndSection
>  
>

Diabasa diafores odhgies apo dw ki apo kei. Ena disekatommyrio FAQs kai 
pentakosia HOWTOs.

Telika ta petaksa ola kai ekana ayto poy 8a prepe na eixa kanei apo thn 
arxh, dhladh diabasa to documentation tou kseleyteria [1], kai katelhksa 
sto

        Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc101"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us,el"
        Option          "XkbOptions"    
"grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:caps,ctrl:swapcaps,compose:ralt"

dhladh ena pragmatika antriko layout gia ena pragmatika antriko 
plhktrologio. Analytikotera :

pc101 : Ta antrika plhktrologia den exoun gynaikwta menu kai windows keys
 
"us,el" : Agglika kai ellhnika groups

grp:alt_shift_toggle : Allagh metaksy groups me to alt+shift

ctrl:swapcaps : Bazei to ctrl sth 8esh pou tou proorise o 8eos. Edw 
mporei na xrhsimopoih8ei kai to nocaps - mia poy to caps lock einai 
axrhsto. Wstoso to swapcaps exei to epipleon pleonekthma oti mperdeyei 
anepanor8wta ton kosmo poy nomizei oti mporei na xrhsimopoihsei ton 
ypologisth enos pragmatikou antra atimwrhtos - kai eidika se syndiasmo 
me to.....

...grp_led:caps : Sas deixnei se entelws psarwtikh 8esh poio einai to 
current group

compose:ralt : Sthn praksh to compose shmera einai to amesws pio axrhsto 
pragma sto sympan meta tous orxeis tou Papa Iwannh Paylou tou B'. Wstoso 
enas pragmatikos antras prepei panta na dinei ston eayto tou th sigouria 
oti MPOREI na xrhsimopoihsei to compose, estw ki an den xreiazetai na to 
kanei pote.

Ola ta parapanw metafrazontai se :

setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc101 -layout "us,el" -options 
"grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:caps,ctrl:swapcaps,compose:ralt"

Gia na doume twra ti kanei to KDE otan paizeis me ta keyboard settings 
tou. Energopoioume ola ta antoistixa options sta menus tou. Ws 
pragmatikoi antres den ta pame poly kala me ta GUIs, eytuxws to KDE 
keyboard layout configuration mas deixnei ta antistoixa setxkbmap 
commands poy ektelei otan paizoume me ta marafetia[2] tou.

Anoigoume loipon to "Layout" tab, "enable keyboard layouts", dialegoume 
keyboard model, kai kanoume add ta dyo layouts US kai EL. Sto "Switching 
Options" tab kanoume enable to "show indicator for single layout", "Show 
country flag", "Application switching policy". Sto xkb options "enable 
xkb options", "alt-shift changes group", ktl ktl ktl.

Sto telos kanoume check kai to "reset old options". Otan to epileksoume, 
blepoume oti sto setxkbmap prosti8etai ena empty -options command, to 
opoio sto man page tou setxkbmap diabazoume oti kanei reset ta options. 
An den to kanoume, to apotelesma otan 8'arxisoume na paizoume me ta xkb 
options apo to menu tou KDE einai pws o,ti options dialegoume 
PROSTI8ONTAI sta prohgoumena ka8e fora pou patame to apply. To 
apotelesma einai toulaxiston xaotiko.

Epishs blepoyme oti o typos pou eftiakse to sygkekrimeno configuration 
panel xrhsimopoihse nested option groups gia na omadopoihsei tis 
parametrous tou xkb, enw 8a eprepe na xrhsimopoihsei ta expandable 
marafetia[2] me to + kai to - poy ksexnaw pws legontai. To apotelesma 
einai oti otan kaneis p.x. click sto "Group Shift/Lock behaviour", enw 
perimeneis na energopoihsei ta options poy briskontai parakatw wste na 
mporeis na epilekseis poia 8eleis, ayto kanei o,ti htan sxediasmeno na 
kanei - dhladh ta energopoiei ola. Mallon brhkame kati pio axrhsto apo 
tous orxeis tou Papa, kai arxizoume na anarwtiomaste ti narkwtika 
pairnei o Andriy Rysin, poso ta pairnei, kai giati de mas exei dwsei kai 
mas akomh.

Telika leme na dokimasoume ti kaname. Patame to "apply" kai pairnoyme ta 
ayta tou Papa pou anaferame parapanw. To group switching me to alt-shift 
den paizei, an kai ola ta ypoloipa deixnoun na douleyoun kanonika. 
Ksanagyrname sto "Layout" tab kai blepoyme oti to ka8e layout 
antistoixei se ena set apo xkb options. An epileksoume to "el" layout 
mono tou kai epileksoume to "Include latin layout", blepoyme oti to 
antistoixo layout sto setxkbmap ginetai "us,el". Mmm, briskomaste se 
kalo dromo (kounia pou mas kounage). Kanoyme ksana apply kai blepoyme 
oti otan to shmaiaki einai gyrismeno sta ellhnika, to group switching 
douleyei, alla to shmaiaki den allazei. Otan einai gyrismeno sto 
aggliko, to group switching DEN douleyei. Aaaaaa, malista. Profanws to 
KDE kanei switch *entire layouts*, xwris na basizetai sto xkb group 
toggle. Poly wraia, alla PWS kaneis toggle?

Gyrname sto KDE control center ki arxizoume to psaksimo. Wpa, edw einai. 
Regional and Accessibility, Keyboard Shortcuts, Global Shortcuts, katw 
katw. AAAAAAAAAARGH!  "Switch to next keyboard layout : Alt+Ctrl+K". 
Arxizoume na skeftomaste diafora pragmata poy perilambanoyn ton John 
Holmes, ton Aluluh Butuzangu, ton Peter North, ton Ron Jeremy, thn 
aderfh tou Daniel Molkentin, thn mana tou Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel, thn 
ksaderfh tou Mattias Elter, thn gynaika tou Waldo Bastian, kai ton 
Matthias Ettrich ton idio. Afou mas perasei, dokimazoume na allaksoume 
to "Switch to next keyboard layout" shurtcut se alt-shift gia na doume 
ti 8a ginei.  Tzifos, den ginetai tipota, opote pros8etoume stis 
fantasiwseis mas kai ton Rocco Sifreddi sth skhnh ths toualetas me ton 
Mattias Ettrich.

Telika ta gyrname ola sta defaults, apenergopoioyme to KDE keyboard 
layout switcher, apoxairetame to shmaiaki, kai kanoyme th douleia mas me 
ta xkb groups.


Sto epomeno episodeio ths seiras tromou tou George Ricudis Romero : 
"Dawn of the Dead", h alliws "Pws na petaksete eksw ta matakia sas 
prospa8wntas na grapsete Ellhnika sto Lyx".


Ola ayta me KDE 3.3.1, Kseleyteria[1] 4.3.0.1 (Debian Sarge).


[1] XFree.
[2] Epishmh metafrash tou orou "widget".
[3] An DEN to epileksoume, o,ti allages kanoume edw 8a *proste8oun* sta 
yparxonta xkb options. Otan to

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