[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Sample keyboard layout file

[From: Tomas Junnonen]

ext Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 07:50:44PM +0200, Tomas Junnonen wrote:
>> The format of the virtual keyboard files has been documented [1] for
>> some time, but unless you're familiar with XML DTD's and really
>> patient it's probably hard create a full keyboard from scratch. So, in
>> the hopes that it will help people create additional keyboards of
>> their own I'm making an English Dvorak layout with its source
>> available as an example:
> 
> Thank you!  That will be useful.
> 
>>  http://770.fs-security.com/extra-layouts/kb-layout-sample_1.0.0-1_all.deb
>>  http://770.fs-security.com/extra-layouts/kb-layout-sample.tar.gz
> 
> Do you really need all that autoconf stuff that weights 400 kb to
> accompany a single .xml file that weighs 12 kb?

Yes :) The included scripts are also meant as an example, it's not that
easy to setup from scratch. Now you can build, and more importantly,
package the layouts without needing to know the details. I hope by
providing this we won't see too many standalone compiled vkb files that
ordinary end users wouldn't be able to install.

And if you want to create and distribute many layouts at once the
autotools setup really pays off.

> Just to clarify: the licence of your Dvorak .xml file is GPLv2, right?

Right.

Regards,
Tomas