Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Sep 2003 19:22:06 +0200 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test5 vs. Japanese keyboards |
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> > > > I think no kernel changes are required to use Japanese keyboards > > > > today. > > > > (But kbd has to be recompiled with NR_KEYS set to 256.) > > > > > > I'm not convinced yet. defkeymap.c_shipped is included in the > > > downloadable .bz2 file and it is inadequate. > > > > But defkeymap is inadequeate for German, it is inadequate for French, > > why would it be adequate for Japanese? > > I think that if defkeymap.c_shipped were inadequate for German and French > then you already would have fixed it. I don't have experience with those > keyboards but would guess that defkeymap.c_shipped is probably adequate for > loadkeys to load a working keymap for German or French.
Of course. It is also adequate for loadkeys to load a working keymap for Japanese.
> In order to be capable of loading a working keymap, defkeymap.c_shipped > needs patching.
No.
> > It is just the random default you get when no keymap was loaded. > > It is that plus more. It includes limits that prevent certain keymaps from > getting set when loaded.
False.
Andries
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