Guys, what do you think, is this satisfactory solution to be pushed
upstream? If so, I'll prepare a patch against X locale data then fix the
xkb layout to match it.
Now I've the idea of using Unicode unassigned code points in the xkb
layout and X locale file instead of the values from presentation forms,
this will mean if this feature didn't work with the user, he will get an
invalid character and he will notice the presence of a problem instead
of the pseudo characters that presentation forms give.
Regards,
Khaled
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:04:57PM +0300, Muayyad AlSadi wrote:
> Thanks, it worked
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug dot org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 02:44:44AM +0300, Muayyad AlSadi wrote:
> >> good job,
> >> but I did not get it khalid
> >> is it for xkb or IM
> >
> > To be honest, I'm not sure how this "composite keys" feature work,
> > google didn't help. I discovered it by reading this post on gnome-i18n
> > list http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-i18n/2008-June/msg00030.html.
> >
> >>
> >> after editing those files do I have to restart x, run some
> >> compile/cache command or what ever
> >
> > I did nothing other than restarting X. If you are using GTK+ app, make
> > sure you are using X input method (select it from the right click menu,
> > or set the GTK_IM_MODULE="xim" environment variable.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Khaled
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug dot org> wrote:
> >> > It does work with mlterm too, the problem was in my configuration.
> >> > You will need to add 'GTK_IM_MODULE="xim"' to your ~/.xsessionrc or the
> >> > system wide file.
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 03:05:43PM +0300, Khaled Hosny wrote:
> >> >> I found a workaround using X composite keys, it might not be an optimum
> >> >> solution but it does work with GTK/QT apps at least (but not with mlterm).
> >> >>
> >> >> Add the following lines to "/usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose":
> >> >> <UFEFB> : "لا" # LAM WITH ALEF
> >> >> <UFEF7> : "لأ" # LAM WITH ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE
> >> >> <UFEF9> : "لإ" # LAM WITH ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW
> >> >> <UFEF5> : "لآ" # LAM WITH ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE
> >> >>
> >> >> Then edit "/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ara" and look for the relevant
> >> >> lines, replace VoidSymbol in your file with the corresponding code
> >> >> point, so that it looks like:
> >> >> ...
> >> >> key <AD05> { [Arabic_feh, 0x100FEF9] };
> >> >> ...
> >> >> key <AC05> { [Arabic_lam, 0x100FEF7] };
> >> >> ...
> >> >> key <AB05> { [0x100FEFB, 0x100FEF5] };
> >> >>
> >> >> Then you will need to tell GTK to use XIM:
> >> >> export GTK_IM_MODULE="xim"
> >> >>
> >> >> You might need this with QT too (worked without this on my system):
> >> >> export QT_IM_MODULE="xim"
> >> >>
> >> >> Regards,
> >> >> Khaled
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:59:25PM +0300, Muayyad AlSadi wrote:
> >> >> > B and G are disabled in arabic keyboard layout
> >> >> > in the new ubuntu and fedora
> >> >> >
> >> >> > so does this also applies to input methods
> >> >> >
> >> >> > have't any one involved with input methods and arabic
> >> >> >
> >> >> > does they support لا
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