the Persian keyboard layout is a little different from the layout we Iranians used to type with, so i tried to edit it. (just want to move some buttons)
(*)i found a way to change it by editing "ir" file in
/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols
i saved the edited file. after logging out/in, it didn't work and even my persian layout is English right now, so used backup file to restore default setting, or used other persian layout in ubuntu setting. but could'nt make it persian again. you guys can help me?
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if you can read persian, source of *.
edited:
the ir file:
// Iranian keyboard layout
////////////////////////////////////////
// Persian layout,
// based on
// Information Technology – Layout of Persian Letters and Symbols on Computer Keyboards
// ISIRI 9147 – 1st Edition
// Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran
// http://www.isiri.org/UserStd/DownloadStd.aspx?id=9147
// http://behnam.esfahbod.info/standards/isiri-keyboard-9147.pdf
//
// Author: Behnam Esfahbod <[email protected]>
//
default partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "pes" {
name[Group1]= "Persian";
include "ir(pes_part_basic)"
include "ir(pes_part_ext)"
include "nbsp(zwnj2nb3nnb4)"
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "pes_keypad" {
name[Group1]= "Persian (with Persian keypad)";
include "ir(pes_part_basic)"
include "ir(pes_part_ext)"
include "ir(pes_part_keypad)"
include "nbsp(zwnj2nb3nnb4)"
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
hidden partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "pes_part_basic" {
// Persian digits
key <AE01> { [ Farsi_1, exclam, grave ] };
key <AE02> { [ Farsi_2, 0x100066c, at ] };
key <AE03> { [ Farsi_3, 0x100066b, numbersign ] };
key <AE04> { [ Farsi_4, 0x100fdfc, dollar ] };
key <AE05> { [ Farsi_5, 0x100066a, percent ] };
key <AE06> { [ Farsi_6, multiply, asciicircum ] };
key <AE07> { [ Farsi_7, Arabic_comma, ampersand ] };
key <AE08> { [ Farsi_8, asterisk, enfilledcircbullet ] };
key <AE09> { [ Farsi_9, parenright, 0x100200e ] };
key <AE10> { [ Farsi_0, parenleft, 0x100200f ] };
// Persian letters and symbols
key <AD01> { [ Arabic_dad, Arabic_fathatan, degree ] };
key <AD02> { [ Arabic_sad, Arabic_dammatan, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AD03> { [ Arabic_theh, Arabic_kasratan, 0x13a4 ] };
key <AD04> { [ Arabic_qaf, Arabic_fathatan, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AD05> { [ Arabic_feh, Arabic_damma, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AD06> { [ Arabic_ghain, Arabic_kasra, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AD07> { [ Arabic_ain, Arabic_commo, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AD08> { [ Arabic_heh, Arabic_shadda, 0x100202d ] };
key <AD09> { [ Arabic_khah, bracketright, 0x100202e ] };
key <AD10> { [ Arabic_hah, bracketleft, 0x100202c ] };
key <AD11> { [ Arabic_jeem, braceright, 0x100202a ] };
key <AD12> { [ Arabic_tcheh, braceleft, 0x100202b ] };
key <AC01> { [ Arabic_sheen, Arabic_fatha, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AC02> { [ Arabic_seen, Arabic_damma, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AC03> { [ Farsi_yeh, Arabic_kasra, Arabic_alefmaksura ] };
key <AC04> { [ Arabic_beh, Arabic_hamzaunderalef, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AC05> { [ Arabic_lam, Arabic_hamzaonalef, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AC06> { [ Arabic_alef, Arabic_maddaonalef, 0x1000671 ] };
key <AC07> { [ Arabic_teh, Arabic_tehmarbuta, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AC08> { [ Arabic_noon, guillemotright, 0x100fd3e ] };
key <AC09> { [ Arabic_meem, guillemotleft, 0x100fd3f ] };
key <AC10> { [ Arabic_keheh, colon, semicolon ] };
key <AC11> { [ Arabic_gaf, Arabic_semicolon, quotedbl ] };
key <AB01> { [ Arabic_zah, Arabic_kaf, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AB02> { [ Arabic_tah, 0x1000653, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AB03> { [ Arabic_zain, Arabic_jeh, VoidSymbol ] };
key <AB04> { [ Arabic_ra, Arabic_superscript_alef,0x1000656 ] };
key <AB05> { [ Arabic_thal, 0x100200c, 0x100200d ] };
key <AB06> { [ Arabic_dal, Arabic_hamza_above, Arabic_hamza_below ] };
key <AB07> { [ Arabic_hamzaonyeh Arabic_hamza, ellipsis ] };
key <AB08> { [ Arabic_waw, greater, comma ] };
key <AB09> { [ period, less, apostrophe ] };
key <AB10> { [ Arabic_peh, Arabic_question_mark, question ] };
key <TLDE> { [ 0x100200d, division, asciitilde ] };
key <AE11> { [ minus, Arabic_tatweel, underscore ] };
key <AE12> { [ equal, plus, 0x1002212 ] };
key <BKSL> { [ backslash, bar, 0x1002010 ] };
};
hidden partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "pes_part_ext" {
// Persian and ASCII digits
key <AE01> { [ Farsi_1, exclam, grave, 1 ] };
key <AE02> { [ Farsi_2, 0x100066c, at, 2 ] };
key <AE03> { [ Farsi_3, 0x100066b, numbersign, 3 ] };
key <AE04> { [ Farsi_4, 0x100fdfc, dollar, 4 ] };
key <AE05> { [ Farsi_5, 0x100066a, percent, 5 ] };
key <AE06> { [ Farsi_6, multiply, asciicircum, 6 ] };
key <AE07> { [ Farsi_7, Arabic_comma, ampersand, 7 ] };
key <AE08> { [ Farsi_8, asterisk, enfilledcircbullet, 8 ] };
key <AE09> { [ Farsi_9, parenright, 0x100200e, 9 ] };
key <AE10> { [ Farsi_0, parenleft, 0x100200f, 0 ] };
};
hidden partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "pes_part_keypad" {
// Persian digits and Mathematical operators
key <KPDV> { [ division, XF86_Ungrab ] };
key <KPMU> { [ multiply, XF86_ClearGrab ] };
key <KPSU> { [ 0x1002212, XF86_Prev_VMode ] };
key <KPAD> { [ plus, XF86_Next_VMode ] };
key <KPEN> { [ KP_Enter ] };
key <KPEQ> { [ equal ] };
key <KP7> { [ KP_Home, Farsi_7 ] };
key <KP8> { [ KP_Up, Farsi_8 ] };
key <KP9> { [ KP_Prior, Farsi_9 ] };
key <KP4> { [ KP_Left, Farsi_4 ] };
key <KP5> { [ KP_Begin, Farsi_5 ] };
key <KP6> { [ KP_Right, Farsi_6 ] };
key <KP1> { [ KP_End, Farsi_1 ] };
key <KP2> { [ KP_Down, Farsi_2 ] };
key <KP3> { [ KP_Next, Farsi_3 ] };
key <KP0> { [ KP_Insert, Farsi_0 ] };
key <KPDL> { [ KP_Delete, 0x100066b ] };
};
////////////////////////////////////////
// Kurdish Layout
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "ku" {
include "tr(ku)"
name[Group1]= "Kurdish (Iran, Latin Q)";
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "ku_f" {
include "tr(ku_f)"
name[Group1]= "Kurdish (Iran, F)";
};
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "ku_alt" {
include "tr(ku_alt)"
name[Group1]= "Kurdish (Iran, Latin Alt-Q)";
};
////////////////////////////////////////
// Kurdish Soranî Bahdînî (Arabic) keyboard layout,
// based on the Kurdî Soranî Bahdînî keyboard from KurdITGroup
// which is based on National Iranian Keyboard Standard (ISIRI 2901:1994),
// with additions.
//
// Copyright (C) 2006 Erdal Ronahî, published under the GPL v2
//
// Special copyright note: author explicitly permitted to license this
// layout under MIT/X11 license, for details see
// https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9541
//
// Author: Erdal Ronahî <[email protected]>
//
// Kurdish Arabic-Latin Layout for Soranî
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "ku_ara" {
name[Group1]= "Kurdish (Iran, Arabic-Latin)";
// Other 3-Level symbols
key <TLDE> { [ 0x100200d, division, asciitilde ] };
key <BKSL> { [ backslash, bar, ccedilla, Ccedilla ] };
// Digits
key <AE01> { [ 0x1000661, exclam, 1, grave ] };
key <AE02> { [ 0x1000662, at, 2, at ] };
key <AE03> { [ 0x1000663, numbersign, 3, 0x100066b ] };
key <AE04> { [ 0x1000664, dollar, 4, 0x100fdfc ] };
key <AE05> { [ 0x1000665, percent, 5, 0x100066a ] };
key <AE06> { [ 0x1000666, asciicircum, 6, multiply ] };
key <AE07> { [ 0x1000667, ampersand, 7, Arabic_comma ] };
key <AE08> { [ 0x1000668, asterisk, 8, enfilledcircbullet ] };
key <AE09> { [ 0x1000669, parenright, 9, 0x100200e ] };
key <AE10> { [ 0x1000660, parenleft, 0, 0x100200f ] };
key <AE11> { [ minus, Arabic_tatweel, underscore ] };
key <AE12> { [ equal, plus, 0x1002212 ] };
key <AD01> { [ Arabic_qaf, X, q, Q ] };
key <AD02> { [ Arabic_waw, X, w, W ] };
key <AD03> { [ 0x10006d5, Arabic_heh, e, E ] };
key <AD04> { [ Arabic_ra , 0x1000695, r, R ] };
key <AD05> { [ Arabic_teh, Arabic_tah, t, T ] };
key <AD06> { [ 0x10006cc, 0x10006ce, y, Y ] };
key <AD07> { [ Arabic_hamzaonyeh, Arabic_hamza, u, U ] };
key <AD08> { [ Arabic_hah, Arabic_ain, i, I ] };
key <AD09> { [ 0x10006c6, Arabic_hamzaonwaw, o, O ] };
key <AD10> { [ 0x100067e, Arabic_theh, p, P ] };
key <AD11> { [ bracketright, braceright, ucircumflex, Ucircumflex ] };
key <AD12> { [ bracketleft, braceleft, scedilla, Scedilla ] };
key <AC01> { [ Arabic_alef, Arabic_maddaonalef, a, A ] };
key <AC02> { [ Arabic_seen, Arabic_sheen, s, S ] };
key <AC03> { [ Arabic_dal, Arabic_thal, d, D ] };
key <AC04> { [ Arabic_feh, Arabic_hamzaunderalef, f, F ] };
key <AC05> { [ 0x10006af, Arabic_ghain, g, G ] };
key <AC06> { [ Arabic_heh, 0x100200c, h, H ] };
key <AC07> { [ 0x1000698, Arabic_hamzaonalef, j, J ] };
key <AC08> { [ 0x10006a9, Arabic_kaf, k, K ] };
key <AC09> { [ Arabic_lam, 0x10006b5, l, L ] };
key <AC10> { [ Arabic_semicolon, colon, ecircumflex, Ecircumflex ] };
key <AC11> { [ apostrophe, quotedbl, icircumflex, Icircumflex ] };
key <AB01> { [ Arabic_zain, Arabic_dad, z, Z ] };
key <AB02> { [ Arabic_khah, Arabic_sad, x, X ] };
key <AB03> { [ Arabic_jeem, 0x1000686, c, C ] };
key <AB04> { [ 0x10006a4, Arabic_zah, v, V ] };
key <AB05> { [ Arabic_beh, 0x1000649, b, B ] };
key <AB06> { [ Arabic_noon, Arabic_tehmarbuta, n, N ] };
key <AB07> { [ Arabic_meem, Arabic_tatweel, m, M ] };
key <AB08> { [ Arabic_comma, greater, comma ] };
key <AB09> { [ period, less, apostrophe ] };
key <AB10> { [ slash, Arabic_question_mark, question ] };
include "nbsp(zwnj2nb3)"
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
// EXTRAS:
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Generated keyboard layout file with the Keyboard Layout Editor.
// For more about the software, see http://code.google.com/p/keyboardlayouteditor
//
// Version 0.2, fixed AD09.
//
// Layout by Ernst Tremel, http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9365469&postcount=32
// Creation of this file by Simos Xenitellis.
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "ave"
{
name[Group1] = "Avestan";
key <AB01> { [ U10B30, U10B32 ] }; //
key <AB02> { [ U10B11, U10B12 ] }; //
key <AB03> { [ U10B17, UE102 ] }; //
key <AB04> { [ U10B2C, U10B13 ] }; //
key <AB05> { [ U10B20, U10B21 ] }; //
key <AB06> { [ U10B25, U10B27 ] }; //
key <AB07> { [ U10B28, U10B29 ] }; //
key <AB08> { [ U10B3C, U10B39 ] }; //
key <AB09> { [ U10B3E, U10B3D ] }; //
key <AB10> { [ U10B3F, periodcentered ] }; // ·
key <AC01> { [ U10B00, U10B01 ] }; //
key <AC02> { [ U10B2F, U10B31 ] }; //
key <AC03> { [ U10B1B, U10B1C ] }; //
key <AC04> { [ U10B1F, U10B16 ] }; //
key <AC05> { [ U10B14, U10B15 ] }; //
key <AC06> { [ U10B35, UE100 ] }; //
key <AC07> { [ U10B18, U10B24 ] }; //
key <AC08> { [ U10B10, UE101 ] }; //
key <AC09> { [ U10B2E, UE103 ] }; //
key <AC10> { [ U10B3B, U10B3A ] }; //
key <AC11> { [ U10B1D ] }; //
key <AD01> { [ U10B22, U10B23 ] }; //
key <AD02> { [ U10B33, U10B34 ] }; //
key <AD03> { [ U10B08, U10B09 ] }; //
key <AD04> { [ U10B2D, U10B26 ] }; //
key <AD05> { [ U10B19, U10B1A ] }; //
key <AD06> { [ U10B2B, U10B2A ] }; //
key <AD07> { [ U10B0E, U10B0F ] }; //
key <AD08> { [ U10B0C, U10B0D ] }; //
key <AD09> { [ U10B0A, U10B0B ] }; //
key <AD10> { [ U10B1E ] }; //
key <AD11> { [ U10B06, U10B07 ] }; //
key <AD12> { [ U10B02, U10B03 ] }; //
key <AE01> { [ U10B78 ] }; //
key <AE02> { [ U10B79 ] }; //
key <AE03> { [ U10B7A ] }; //
key <AE04> { [ U10B7B ] }; //
key <AE05> { [ U10B7C ] }; //
key <AE06> { [ U10B7D ] }; //
key <AE07> { [ U10B7E ] }; //
key <AE08> { [ U10B7F ] }; //
key <BKSL> { [ U10B04, U10B05 ] }; //
key <LSGT> { [ U10B04, U10B05 ] }; //
};