1 // The <KPDL> key is a mess. 2 // It was probably originally meant to be a decimal separator. 3 // Except since it was declared by USA people it didn't use the original 4 // SI separator "," but a "." (since then the USA managed to f-up the SI 5 // by making "." an accepted alternative, but standards still use "," as 6 // default) 7 // As a result users of SI-abiding countries expect either a "." or a "," 8 // or a "decimal_separator" which may or may not be translated in one of the 9 // above depending on applications. 10 // It's not possible to define a default per-country since user expectations 11 // depend on the conflicting choices of their most-used applications, 12 // operating system, etc. Therefore it needs to be a configuration setting 13 // Copyright 2007 Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot @ laposte.net> 14 15 16 // Legacy <KPDL> #1 17 // This assumes KP_Decimal will be translated in a dot 18 partial keypad_keys 19 xkb_symbols "dot" { 20 21 key.type[Group1]="KEYPAD" ; 22 23 key <KPDL> { [ KP_Delete, KP_Decimal ] }; // <delete> <separator> 24 }; 25 26 27 // Legacy <KPDL> #2 28 // This assumes KP_Separator will be translated in a comma 29 partial keypad_keys 30 xkb_symbols "comma" { 31 32 key.type[Group1]="KEYPAD" ; 33 34 key <KPDL> { [ KP_Delete, KP_Separator ] }; // <delete> <separator> 35 }; 36 37 38 // Period <KPDL>, usual keyboard serigraphy in most countries 39 partial keypad_keys 40 xkb_symbols "dotoss" { 41 42 key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD" ; 43 44 key <KPDL> { [ KP_Delete, period, comma, 0x100202F ] }; // <delete> . , (narrow no-break space) 45 }; 46 47 48 // Period <KPDL>, usual keyboard serigraphy in most countries, latin-9 restriction 49 partial keypad_keys 50 xkb_symbols "dotoss_latin9" { 51 52 key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD" ; 53 54 key <KPDL> { [ KP_Delete, period, comma, nobreakspace ] }; // <delete> . , (no-break space) 55 }; 56 57 58 // Comma <KPDL>, what most non anglo-saxon people consider the real separator 59 partial keypad_keys 60 xkb_symbols "commaoss" { 61 62 key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD" ; 63 64 key <KPDL> { [ KP_Delete, comma, period, 0x100202F ] }; // <delete> , . (narrow no-break space) 65 }; 66 67 68 // Momayyez <KPDL>: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE 69 partial keypad_keys 70 xkb_symbols "momayyezoss" { 71 72 key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD" ; 73 74 key <KPDL> { [ KP_Delete, 0x100066B, comma, 0x100202F ] }; // <delete> ? , (narrow no-break space) 75 }; 76 77 78 // Abstracted <KPDL>, pray everything will work out (it usually does not) 79 partial keypad_keys 80 xkb_symbols "kposs" { 81 82 key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD" ; 83 84 key <KPDL> { [ KP_Delete, KP_Decimal, KP_Separator, 0x100202F ] }; // <delete> ? ? (narrow no-break space) 85 }; 86 87 // Spreadsheets may be configured to use the dot as decimal 88 // punctuation, comma as a thousands separator and then semi-colon as 89 // the list separator. Of these, dot and semi-colon is most important 90 // when entering data by the keyboard; the comma can then be inferred 91 // and added to the presentation afterwards. Using semi-colon as a 92 // general separator may in fact be preferred to avoid ambiguities 93 // in data files. Most times a decimal separator is hard-coded, it 94 // seems to be period, probably since this is the syntax used in 95 // (most) programming languages. 96 partial keypad_keys 97 xkb_symbols "semi" { 98 99 key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD" ; 100 101 key <KPDL> { [ NoSymbol, NoSymbol, semicolon ] }; 102 }; 103
