German Keyboard Layout File

[Zumi]

Someone asked me how to make a German xmodmap file. Well, I wrote one myself, because I had experience with it before, when I wrote a Hungarian layout for myself. I don't think that other Hungarians are using pdaXrom (or even SL-Cxxx Zaurus PDAs), but I post my Hungarian xmodmap file too.

Instructions:
Place the file in the /etc/X11/kb/ folder,
backup the original corgi.xmodmap ($ mv corgi.xmodmap corgi.xmodmap_en) and
copy the one you downloaded ($ cp corgi.xmodmap_de corgi.xmodmap).
Use the "$ xmodmap /etc/X11/kb/corgi.xmodmap" command to change the layout immediately (it would be changed with the next startx otherwise)

"Changlog":

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write o: with Fn+o and the Fn+Shift+o keys
write u: with Fn+p and the Fn+Shift+p keys
Changed ae and AE to umlaut a and A
Moved EuroSign from Fn+s to Fn+Shift+k
Added scharfes s to Fn+sZumi

[Zumi]

Only one attached file/post is possible, so here is the Hungarian one (with Hungarian comments and changelog inside).

Zumi

[wowo123]

Hi Zumi,

germany says: thx a lot!


wowo123

[Sam Hell]

Hi Zumi,

wonderful work with manual, i only needed one try to install
it, and i´m a real Linux-Newbie

thx a lot!


Nico

[gumi]

Hello Zumi,

the download of the german keyboard file does not work. Could you please post it again?

Regards
*g*umi

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Update: I am using pdaxrom Kathrin 0.9, you can get a working german keyboard using the package manager, package "mb-applet-keymap-germany".

[Zumi]

Yes, they are both included in the stable feed now, so you can use the Package manager to download them.

But here are the links for the ipks:
http://212.10.30.205/rc10/Zaurus-7x0-860/f....1_armv5tel.ipk
http://212.10.30.205/rc10/Zaurus-7x0-860/f....1_armv5tel.ipk

Zumi