Add Colemak Mod-DH keyboard layout

colemakDHusr · 2023-05-20 14:19:21

May the Colemak Mod-DH keyboard layout be added to MX, specifically for a standard US ANSI layout? MX has support for the Colemak keyboard layout, but not for the Colemak Mod-DH keyboard layout (a relatively popular alternative).

(Colemak Mod-DH is commonly known as Colemak-DH or Colemak DH. I was able to modify the US keyboard file on my comp, and typed this request with Colemak Mod-DH. It was a rough edit. I'm requesting the change for others and myself in the future. An easy custom keyboard creator may be an alternative solution.)

see details:
https://colemakmods.github.io/mod-dh/
https://colemakmods.github.io/mod-dh/gf … n_ansi.png

Below is the change I made to the Colemak layout of /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us
It's not complete as I did not edit the third or forth columns:

key <TLDE> { [ grave, asciitilde, dead_tilde, asciitilde ] };
key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, exclamdown, onesuperior ] };
key <AE02> { [ 2, at, masculine, twosuperior ] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, numbersign, ordfeminine, threesuperior ] };
key <AE04> { [ 4, dollar, cent, sterling ] };
key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, EuroSign, yen ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, asciicircum, hstroke, Hstroke ] };
key <AE07> { [ 7, ampersand, eth, ETH ] };
key <AE08> { [ 8, asterisk, thorn, THORN ] };
key <AE09> { [ 9, parenleft, leftsinglequotemark, leftdoublequotemark ] };
key <AE10> { [ 0, parenright, rightsinglequotemark, rightdoublequotemark ] };
key <AE11> { [ minus, underscore, endash, emdash ] };
key <AE12> { [ equal, plus, multiply, division ] };

key <AD01> { [ q, Q, adiaeresis, Adiaeresis ] };
key <AD02> { [ w, W, aring, Aring ] };
key <AD03> { [ f, F, atilde, Atilde ] };
key <AD04> { [ p, P, oslash, Ooblique ] };
key <AD05> { [ b, B, dead_ogonek, asciitilde ] };
key <AD06> { [ j, J, dstroke, Dstroke ] };
key <AD07> { [ l, L, lstroke, Lstroke ] };
key <AD08> { [ u, U, uacute, Uacute ] };
key <AD09> { [ y, Y, udiaeresis, Udiaeresis ] };
key <AD10> { [ semicolon, colon, odiaeresis, Odiaeresis ] };
key <AD11> { [ bracketleft, braceleft, guillemotleft, 0x1002039 ] };
key <AD12> { [ bracketright, braceright, guillemotright, 0x100203a ] };
key <BKSL> { [ backslash, bar, asciitilde, asciitilde ] };

key <AC01> { [ a, A, aacute, Aacute ] };
key <AC02> { [ r, R, dead_grave, asciitilde ] };
key <AC03> { [ s, S, ssharp, 0x1001e9e ] };
key <AC04> { [ t, T, dead_acute, dead_doubleacute ] };
key <AC05> { [ g, G, dead_diaeresis, asciitilde ] };
key <AC06> { [ m, M, dead_caron, asciitilde ] };
key <AC07> { [ n, N, ntilde, Ntilde ] };
key <AC08> { [ e, E, eacute, Eacute ] };
key <AC09> { [ i, I, iacute, Iacute ] };
key <AC10> { [ o, O, oacute, Oacute ] };
key <AC11> { [ apostrophe, quotedbl, otilde, Otilde ] };

key <AB01> { [ x, X, ae, AE ] };
key <AB02> { [ c, C, dead_circumflex, asciitilde ] };
key <AB03> { [ d, D, ccedilla, Ccedilla ] };
key <AB04> { [ v, V, oe, OE ] };
key <AB05> { [ z, Z, dead_breve, asciitilde ] };
key <AB06> { [ k, K, dead_abovering, asciitilde ] };
key <AB07> { [ h, H, dead_macron, asciitilde ] };
key <AB08> { [ comma, less, dead_cedilla, asciitilde ] };
key <AB09> { [ period, greater, dead_abovedot, asciitilde ] };
key <AB10> { [ slash, question, questiondown, asciitilde ] };

key <CAPS> { [ BackSpace, BackSpace, BackSpace, BackSpace ] };
key <LSGT> { [ minus, underscore, endash, emdash ] };
key <SPCE> { [ space, space, space, nobreakspace ] };

Snapshot created on: 20230315_2318
System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-21-amd64 [5.10.162-1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.10.0-21-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower March 15  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)

colemakDHusr · 2023-05-20 14:28:23

My apologies. I just realized that this XFCE site is external to MX linux. The question may still stand if XFCE is the origin for other distros keyboard layouts.

lastonestanding · 2023-05-20 15:59:13

This layout variant was added quite some time ago. Your version of xkeyboard-config (package: xkb-data) is probably not recent enough.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xkeyboar … fe65bcbf5a

Last edited by lastonestanding (2023-05-20 16:01:51)

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Add Colemak Mod-DH keyboard layout

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Re: Add Colemak Mod-DH keyboard layout

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