Re: Arabic keyboard layot ... once again

[heer <heer at u dot washington dot edu>]

	Yes, you are right, of course.  I guess I just find hitting the 
shift key a lot easier than hitting the alt key. :-)

Nicholas


On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Youssef Chahibi wrote:

> ÿÿÿÿ ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 24 ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 2006 03:46, ÿÿÿÿÿÿ heer:
> >         The advantage of shift+S was that it remained S even in Arabic, so
> > it could be used for adding a new character to the keyboard.  For example,
> > I use it for a dotted Kaf for old Malay (Jawi).  It's nice to have at
> > least one unassigned key on the Arabic keyboard.  But making the Linux
> > Arabic keyboard exactly the same as the MS keyboard seems like a good
> > idea.  Anyone who doesn't like a particular keyboard can always edit the
> > keyboard file to suit his own preferences.
> >
> > Nicholas
> ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
> Actually there is more than one unassigned key, you can use Alt-Gr + Character
> to add any character you want in *.xkb .
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