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I've been trying to install the 'norman' keyboard layout on Ubuntu 16.04 without much success. • I created the file in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols with this layout. • I added the layout to /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst and base.lst like this [1]. • I added the layout to /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml and base.xml like this [2]. This causes the layout to appear in my TextEntry settings and in the upper-right corner of the screen as an option, but when I switch to the 'norman' keyboard layout, I'm still typing in QWERTY.

Anyone know what might be causing the problem? EDIT: I can activate this layout using the command setxkbmap -v norman & xset r 66, but it doesn't save. Generic Bluetooth Adapter Driver Microsoft.

None of the Ubuntu UX lets me set the keyboard layout as far as I can tell. [1] Here is my addition to *.lst.! Variant chr us: Cherokee norman us: English (Norman). [2] Here is my addition to *.xml.

Norman norman layout keyboard chr Cherokee.

Main question: how to make custom key mappings / keyboard layouts in Ubuntu 12.04 In English I type in Dvorak. I need to type Hebrew sometimes so in Windows7 I made a custom layout Hebrew-phonetic based on the Dvorak layout. It's pretty easy with MS Easy Keyboard Layout Creator and a unicode lookup chart. I'm wondering how to do the same thing in Ubuntu 12.04.

EditJune 6: I've tried editing the appropriate file (for Hebrew this is listed 'il') under usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols, but so far on reboot that's only caused errors when attempt to invoke the Hebrew keyboard option. My new entry in the 'il' file is not showing up in the options. My edit consists of adding a new bloc for my own sub-variant under Hebrew; partial alphanumeric keys, xkb symbols &c. I'm specifying with Unicode U+xxxx. I actually took out all the '+' signs though after I saw a page detailing that it understood Unicode in the form Uxxxx. Not sure if it matters. Edit June 7: almost got it.

You need to edit the evdev.xml file in. Xkb rules to reflect the new entry. There were some errors in mine so setup was giving errors.

So went to debugging mode and cleared everything but a few keys out of my new variant's entry in the. Symbols il file. That worked; i got some hebrew letters. There must have been some bad unicode or regex entries.

So just have to go through line by line. How To Install No Hope Mod World In Conflict Pc there. I'll try to compose an answer tomorrow. Bonus points for Chinese/Pinyin input for Dvorak people I also need to know how to get Chinese Pinyin input to interpret Dvorak input. I figured that out in W7 some months ago but don't remember how I did it. Anyways, it's going to be different for Ubuntu.

Appendix: kulicuu's hebrew-dvorak phonetic mapping (for those interested) (Israeli Hebrew, no dageshim) Not really relevant to the answer, but for those interested in my mapping system ( I think it's pretty cool and I think that all English first language learners of Hebrew should use it for word processing rather than the native Hebrew layout, which will totally wreck your touch typing brain module with dissonance) here it is. Note: mostly phonetic, but when this breaks down we use ideographic affinity(u->het, e->shin, v->tav, c- caf); and 4 israeli hebrew letters map from multiple roman letters: p,f ->pe; w,o->vav; j,i->yod; c,k->caf (one ideographic the other phonetic; (q ->qof); note2: make sure to program that shift + letter-that-has-no-sofit-form yields default form (instead of nothing), otherwise you have to be superhumanly precise with timing shift key activation on sofit forms. • a ->aleph, • b ->bet, • g ->gimmel, • d ->daled, • h ->heh, (these are obvious phonetically) • (w,o)->vav; (that's right both w and o keys map to vav. We reserve v for tav and w is more originally correct--archaically it was pronounced that way.) • z->zayin • u ->het (we use ideographical mapping for hebrew letters with no phonetic counterpart in english; typically some reflection or rotation is involved) • t->tet • (j, i ) ->yod; (we reserve y or ayin, giving precedence to the familial affinity of j for yod, and of course the i mapping is obvious) • (c, k) ->caf; shift + c,k for sofit form • l->lamed • m->mem; + shift for sofit form • n->nun; ' ' ' • s->samech • y->ayin • (f, p) ->pe; again, Israeli form so no dageshim.