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Release info on the kbd utils
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Fri Feb 27 18:39:59 CET 2004, jw
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SuSE upgraded the kbd utils to 1.12 for the release of SuSE Linux 9.1.
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The choose-tty patch has been accepted upstream. Note that we used -c
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for selecting the console device, now it is -C
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= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
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SuSE upgraded the kbd utils to 1.08 for the release of SuSE Linux 9.0.
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Some of our patches to 1.06 have been integrated.
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Most of the changes from us to 1.03wip (SL 7.1 and 7.0) and 1.05 (SL 7.2,
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7.3) have been incorporated, so we can finally go with an almost unpatched
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kbd again.
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Since 1.03a, there is support for fonts that have a width larger than
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8 pixels. This will only work with framebuffer support on most architectures
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though. Some fonts with 12x22 size are available as well, check
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/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/.
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You probably want to use higher resolutions with such a large font, like
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1152x858. If you use fbset don't forget to set -vyres to a large value,
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otherwise your framebuffer's speed will be lower than it could.
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setfont has been patched to allow specifing the tty with -c where the
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changes should be applied to. This is used in the setup scripts.
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Your SuSE team <feedback@suse.de>
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New handling of composition of characters
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Most of the fonts have much more characters than you can reach directly
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through the keyboard. To access all of them you may use showconsolefont,
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deduce the decimal code and enter it by holding down <alt> and entering
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the code via the keypad. There's a much better way, though:
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Most characters may be entered via composition. Many characters are just
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consisting of a standard character with some sort of accent or change.
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Such characters can be composed by composition. Just press the <compose>
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key, let it go again, enter the accent and then the letter.
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Some examples: (Assuming Iso-Latin-1/9 character set:)
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<compose> " a => <20>
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<compose> , c => <20>
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<compose> | S => $
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Support for composition is unfortunately not contained in most keymaps.
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Most lack two things:
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(a) The <compose> key is not mapped
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(b) The compose tables are not included
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In previous versions of SuSE Linux, some keytables have been hacked to
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include support for the <compose> key and to include compose tables.
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This has now been replaced by a more general solution:
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The kbd setup scripts uses another /etc/sysconfig/keyboard variable to
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determine which compose tables should be loaded and whether the compose key
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should be mapped: COMPOSETABLE.
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For all words listed there, loadkeys will be called with the argument
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compose.word. (Except for clear which sets a flag to clear the compose
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table.) Look at the compose.* files in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/include/:
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(a) You find there two files for having the <compose> key mapped.
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(b) You find there compose tables which are suitable for different
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character sets.
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ad (a): winkeys: The compose key will be mapped on the W*n menu key
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shiftctrl: The compose key will be mapped to Shift Ctrl.
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You can use both, if you like.
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ad (b): latin, latinX, latin1.add, 8859_X: Contains the compose
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combinations suitable for the respective character set.
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Many people will want to use latin1 or latin1.add. Just
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using latin is also sort of an acceptable compromise for
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many Latin character sets.
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YOU MAY ONLY USE ONE OF THOSE.
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If you want the combination of more than one table, you
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have to create a file which includes what you want.
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Example: (/etc/sysconfig/keyboard)
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COMPOSETABLE="clear winkeys shiftctrl latin1.add"
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Please keep in mind, that all these settings only affect the console,
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i.e. text mode.
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Your SuSE team <feedback@suse.de>
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