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* Re: [kbd] Brazilian (br-abnt2) keymap update
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@ 2015-01-23 16:21 ` Alexey Gladkov
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From: Alexey Gladkov @ 2015-01-23 16:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
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31.07.2014 06:28, Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira пишет:
> I made a patch to add support for two new key combinations on the br-abnt2
> layout and I'd like to see this change implemented on the upstream project
> to be released on a future stable version.
> 
> This patch adds support for the key combinations "AltGr + Q = /" and "AltGr
> + W = ?", which are correct with respect for the br-abnt2 layout, as you
> can see on wikipédia[1] and photos from several brazilian keyboards[2][3].
> 
> Some keyboards for latops with br-abnt2 layout (notably from the ThinkPad
> series) disrespect the standard and don't provide a reliable means to use
> the character/key "/", which is essential for system administration.
> Fortunately, the altgr + q and altgr + w key combinations let the user to
> use these characters (slash and question). The patch adds support for their
> use on console.
> 
> Xorg already supports these key combinations for some time and the patch
> only updates the console counterpart.
> 
> I'm attaching the patch (generated with git format-patch) in this email.
> Let me know if I need to do anything else to have the patch accepted.

Applied. Thanks!

-- 
Rgrds, legion



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