(fwd) non us keyboards and cygwin xfree86

[J S]

I get the same error even if I try to compile the German keyboard:

xkb_keymap "de" {
    xkb_keycodes        { include "xfree86"             };
    xkb_types           { include "default"             };
    xkb_compatibility   { include "default"             };
    xkb_symbols         { include "en_US(pc105)+de"     };
    xkb_geometry        { include "pc(pc102)"           };


$ xkbcomp -xkm -m de /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86 
/etc/X11/xkb/keymap/de
Error:            Include file wrong type (expected KeyNames, got Keymap)
                  Include file "xfree86" ignored
                  Abandoning keycodes file "de"





>ho - i can only say that it worked for german (de) - maybe you
>should compare the entries and files for those two to see what
>the difference is ... if you find out anything - please let me
>know ...
>
>t
>
>On Thursday 06 February 2003 11:38, you wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > I tried that but got:
> >
> > $ xkbcomp -xkm -m gb /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86
> > /etc/X11/xkb/keymap/gb
> > Error:            Include file wrong type (expected KeyNames,
> > got Keymap) Include file "xfree86" ignored
> >                   Abandoning keycodes file "gb"
> >
> > This is what /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86 says for gb:
> >
> > xkb_keymap "gb" {
> >     xkb_keycodes        { include "xfree86"             };
> >     xkb_types           { include "default"             };
> >     xkb_compatibility   { include "default"             };
> >     xkb_symbols         { include "en_US(pc105)+gb"     };
> >     xkb_geometry        { include "pc(pc102)"           };
> >
> >
> > Can you see what I'm doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > JS.
> >
> > >just because i often ran across it an due to my earlier
> > > question on that list which seems to pop up in google if you
> > > search for that topic i'd like to write down how to make
> > > cygwin's XWin work natively with a non us keyboard (tested
> > > with the german keyboard but should also work for other
> > > languages)
> > >
> > >* first you have to compile a keymap for your language - for
> > > german this looks like
> > >
> > >     xkbcomp -xkm -m de /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86
> > > \ /etc/X11/xkb/keymap/de
> > >
> > >   in older versions of cygwin xfree86 it had to be
> > > /tmp/de.xkm instead of /etc/X11/xkb/keymap/de
> > >
> > >* then you can start your xserver like
> > >
> > >     XWin.exe -xkbmap de
> > >
> > >   and you should have your keyboard (btw. don't be surprised
> > > that in the shell not all charackters are shown - like for
> > > instance the german umlauts - thats the default bash behavior
> > > as used in cygwin - just open a vi inside that bash and you
> > > should be able to see all the other charackters too
> > >
> > >* if you want to know what the name for your keyboard is or
> > >   which ones are available: just have a look at
> > >
> > >     /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86
> > >
> > >hope that helps someone and maybe this should be added to the
> > >cygwin/XFree86 faq ... i hope everything is correct and i have
> > >not missed anything - best wishes
> > >
> > >t
> > >
> > >--
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> > > not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there
> > > is no longer anything to take away. --- antoine de
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> > >
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