Re: [kbd] U+f000 and above

[Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 05:30:49PM -0500, Pooya Taherkhani wrote:
> Alexay,
> 
> Thanks for your response.  I used to have Farsi keyboard on Linux Ubuntu,
> but now I am not sure if there is any Frasi keyboard other than the "fa"
> keymap that works on Arch Linux.
> 
> Could you point me to where to start if I want to fix the "fa" keymap?

You just need to find all unicode symbols greater than 0xf000 in the "fa"
keymap and replace them with something below that limit.

> 
> On Saturday, March 20, 2021, Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 06:54:12PM -0500, Pooya Taherkhani wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I cannot load Farsi keymap because a decision was made here:
> > >
> > > https://lists.altlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/kbd
> > >
> > > to prevent it from loading.  Interestingly, a secondary reason cited by
> > > Michael Schutte to prevent the Farsi keyboard from loading is (from link
> > > above):
> > >
> > > As far as I can tell, there are no widespread keymap files which use
> > > this feature.
> > >
> > >
> > > I'd greatly appreciate it if anybody could direct me to some instructions
> > > on how to load Farsi keyboard.
> > >
> > > Here is the command that I enter and the error I get:
> > >
> > > [pooya@thinkpad ~] sudo loadkeys fa
> > > [sudo] password for pooya:
> > > unicode keysym out of range: U+FDFC
> > > syntax error, unexpected ERROR, expecting NUMBER or LITERAL or PLUS or
> > > UNUMBER
> >
> > The keymap you are trying to load is not valid. The linux kernel cannot
> > handle keysym greater than 0xf000. You need to fix this and then the
> > keymap will load.
> >
> > --
> > Rgrds, legion
> >
> >

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Rgrds, legion