Hello,
I'm new to Colemak (and Linux) and I'm trying to add the layout to Kubuntu.
According to your instructions I should put the file under /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/ but it doesn't exist in Kubuntu (there is, however, a file named pc under symbols).
Any help would be appreciated :)
Nadav.
Shortly after Ubuntu 6.06 LTS will come out (planned for 1-June-2006) I'll create specific instructions for Ubuntu and Kubuntu.
In the meanwhile, you can use the xmodmap solution if you can't get the XKb method to work.
Here's the workaround for Ubuntu. The reason why it didn't work is new versions of Ubuntu don't have a a pc/ directory
cp x11/colemak /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/colemak
perl -i.bak -pe 's#pc/us#us#g' /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/colemak
setxkbmap -v -symbols "pc(pc104)+colemak" && xset r 66Thanks for the new layout!
regarding the workaround:
Same on gentoo with the new xkb package.
Just replace ' include "pc/us(basic)" ' in the colemak file with ' include "us(basic)" ' since the pc directory is gone.
on Ubuntu 6.06.1
when type
setxkbmap -v -symbols "pc(pc104)+colemak" && xset r 66
they say
Cannot open display "default display"
already done by
cp x11/colemak /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/colemak
perl -i.bak -pe 's#pc/us#us#g' /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/colemak
open
/usr/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.xml
find the node <layoutList>
and copy this snippet of xml inside:
<layout>
<configItem>
<name>colemak</name>
<shortDescription>Colemak</shortDescription>
<description>Colemak see colemak.com</description>
</configItem>
</layout>
that it !
reference
https://forum.colemak.com/viewtopic.php?id=48