// The key is a mess. // It was probably originally meant to be a decimal separator. // Except since it was declared by USA people it didn't use the original // SI separator "," but a "." (since then the USA managed to f-up the SI // by making "." an accepted alternative, but standards still use "," as // default) // As a result users of SI-abiding countries expect either a "." or a "," // or a "decimal_separator" which may or may not be translated in one of the // above depending on applications. // It's not possible to define a default per-country since user expectations // depend on the conflicting choices of their most-used applications, // operating system, etc. Therefore it needs to be a configuration setting // Copyright © 2007 Nicolas Mailhot // Legacy #1 // This assumes KP_Decimal will be translated in a dot partial keypad_keys xkb_symbols "dot" { key.type[Group1]="KEYPAD" ; key { [ KP_Delete, KP_Decimal ] }; // }; // Legacy #2 // This assumes KP_Separator will be translated in a comma partial keypad_keys xkb_symbols "comma" { key.type[Group1]="KEYPAD" ; key { [ KP_Delete, KP_Separator ] }; // }; // Period , usual keyboard serigraphy in most countries partial keypad_keys xkb_symbols "dotoss" { key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD" ; key { [ KP_Delete, period, comma, 0x100202F ] }; // . , ⍽ (narrow no-break space) }; // Period , usual keyboard serigraphy in most countries, latin-9 restriction partial keypad_keys xkb_symbols "dotoss_latin9" { key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD" ; key { [ KP_Delete, period, comma, nobreakspace ] }; // . , ⍽ (no-break space) }; // Comma , what most non anglo-saxon people consider the real separator partial keypad_keys xkb_symbols "commaoss" { key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD" ; key { [ KP_Delete, comma, period, 0x100202F ] }; // , . ⍽ (narrow no-break space) }; // Momayyez : Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE partial keypad_keys xkb_symbols "momayyezoss" { key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD" ; key { [ KP_Delete, 0x100066B, comma, 0x100202F ] }; // ? , ⍽ (narrow no-break space) }; // Abstracted , pray everything will work out (it usually does not) partial keypad_keys xkb_symbols "kposs" { key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD" ; key { [ KP_Delete, KP_Decimal, KP_Separator, 0x100202F ] }; // ? ? ⍽ (narrow no-break space) }; // Spreadsheets may be configured to use the dot as decimal // punctuation, comma as a thousands separator and then semi-colon as // the list separator. Of these, dot and semi-colon is most important // when entering data by the keyboard; the comma can then be inferred // and added to the presentation afterwards. Using semi-colon as a // general separator may in fact be preferred to avoid ambiguities // in data files. Most times a decimal separator is hard-coded, it // seems to be period, probably since this is the syntax used in // (most) programming languages. partial keypad_keys xkb_symbols "semi" { key.type[Group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_MIXED_KEYPAD" ; key { [ NoSymbol, NoSymbol, semicolon ] }; };