[m17n-lib:00405] Re: input with m17n assumes US-like keyboard layout

[Kenichi Handa <handa@xxxxxxxx>]

In article <4536C2EE.6050101@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jens Petersen <petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I received a report from a Swedish user using a Swedish keyboard
> layout that he has difficulty inputting Arabic with scim-m17n and
> ar-kbd.mim. The main problem being the keys to the right of the
> P key ('[' and ']' on a US style keyboard), which map to Swedish letters.
> Since this affects users in many other countries too it would be good
> to find a general solution to this problem.

There are several ways to solve that problem, but what I
think the cleanest way is this:

(1) An input method, if necessary, requires a specific
keyboard to scim.  For instance, m17n-lib's XX-kdb.mim
are to simulate various local keyboard on a VT-100 keyboard
that has the following key alignment.

     +----------------------------------------------------------------+
     | 1! | 2@ | 3# | 4$ | 5% | 6^ | 7& | 8* | 9( | 0) | -_ | =+ | `~ |
     +----------------------------------------------------------------+
       | qQ | wW | eE | rR | tT | yY | uU | iI | oO | pP | [{ | ]} |
       +------------------------------------------------------------+
        | aA | sS | dD | fF | gG | hH | jJ | kK | lL | ;: | '" | \| |
        +-----------------------------------------------------------+
          | zZ | xX | cC | vV | bB | nN | mM | ,< | .> | /? |
          +-------------------------------------------------+
		    +-----------------------------+
		    |          space bar          |
		    +-----------------------------+

(2) If a specific keyboard is requrested by an input method,
    scim gets a key symbol on the requested keyboard that is
    at the same position as the key typed by a user, and
    gives that key symbol to m17n-lib's input method.

But, I don't know if (2) is possible or not.

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Kenichi Handa
handa@xxxxxxxx