keyboardio
Add bépo keyboard layout
For bépo users, it should be nice to have in Preferences the bépo layout to make our life easier!
I give you the official layout image of https://bepo.fr/wiki/Accueil
It is not so easy, because some characters are tricky: ' and ’ (apostrophes), and (spaces), so I also give you the X11/xkb/symbols/fr file part of interest:
// Version 1.1rc2 of the Bépo keyboard layout,
// normalized by the AFNOR NF Z71‐300 norm.
//
// Layout: https://bepo.fr/wiki/Version_1.1rc2
// Normalization: https://normalisation.afnor.org/actualites/faq-clavier-francais/
//
// ┌────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────┬────╔═════════╗
// │ # ¶│ 1 „│ 2 “│ 3 ”│ 4 ⩽│ 5 ⩾║ 6 │ 7 ¬│ 8 ¼│ 9 ½│ 0 ¾│ ° ′│ ` ″║ ║
// │ $ –│ " —│ « <│ » >│ ( [│ ) ]║ @ ^│ + ±│ - −│ / ÷│ * ×│ = ≠│ % ‰║ <-- ║
// ╔════╧══╗─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴──┬─╚══╦══════╣
// ║ |<- ║ B _│ É │ P §│ O Œ│ È `║ ! │ V │ D │ L £│ J │ Z │ W ║ | ║
// ║ ->| ║ b |│ é ´│ p &│ o œ│ è `║ ˆ ¡│ v ˇ│ d ∞│ l /│ j │ z ―│ w ║ <-' ║
// ╠═══════╩╗───┴┬───┴┬───┴┬───┴┬───┴┬───┴┬───┴┬───┴┬───┴┬───┴┬───┴┬───╚╗ ║
// ║ ║ A Æ│ U Ù│ I ˙│ E ¤│ ; ,║ C ©│ T ™│ S ſ│ R ®│ N │ M │ Ç ©║ ║
// ║ CAPS ║ a æ│ u ù│ i ¨│ e €│ , '║ c ¸│ t ᵉ│ s ß│ r ˘│ n ~│ m ¯│ ç ║ ║
// ╠══════╦═╝──┬─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴─══─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴─══─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴──┬─┴──╔═╧════╩═════╣
// ║ ^ ║ Ê ^│ À ‚│ Y ‘│ X ’│ : ·│ K ‑║ ? ̉ │ Q ̛│ G †│ H ‡│ F ║ ^ ║
// ║ | ║ ê /│ à \│ y {│ x }│ . …│ k ~║ ’ ¿│ q °│ g µ│ h ̣ │ f ˛║ | ║
// ╠══════╩╦═══╧══╦═╧═══╦╧════╧════╧════╧════╧════╧═╦══╧══╦═╧════╬═════╦══════╣
// ║ ║ ║ ║ Fine insécable Insécable ║ ║ ║ ║ ║
// ║ Ctrl ║ WinG ║ Alt ║ Espace _ ║AltGr║ WinD ║WinM ║ Ctrl ║
// ╚═══════╩══════╩═════╩═══════════════════════════╩═════╩══════╩═════╩══════╝
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "bepo_afnor" {
name[Group1]= "French (BEPO, AFNOR)";
include "pc(pc105)"
key <TLDE> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL", [ dollar, numbersign, endash, paragraph ] }; // $ # – ¶
key <AE01> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ quotedbl, 1, emdash, doublelowquotemark ] }; // " 1 — „
key <AE02> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ guillemotleft, 2, less, leftdoublequotemark ] }; // « 2 < “
key <AE03> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ guillemotright, 3, greater, rightdoublequotemark ] }; // » 3 > ”
key <AE04> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ parenleft, 4, bracketleft, U2A7D ] }; // ( 4 [ ⩽
key <AE05> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ parenright, 5, bracketright, U2A7E ] }; // ) 5 ] ⩾
key <AE06> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ at, 6, asciicircum, U262D ] }; // @ 6 ^ ☭
key <AE07> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ plus, 7, plusminus, notsign ] }; // + 7 ± ¬
key <AE08> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ minus, 8, U2212, onequarter ] }; // - 8 − ¼
key <AE09> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ slash, 9, division, onehalf ] }; // / 9 ÷ ½
key <AE10> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ asterisk, 0, multiply, threequarters ] }; // * 0 × ¾
key <AE11> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL", [ equal, degree, notequal, minutes ] }; // = ° ≠ ′
key <AE12> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL", [ percent, grave, U2030, seconds ] }; // % ` ‰ ″
key <AD01> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ b, B, bar, underscore ] }; // b B | _
key <AD02> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ eacute, Eacute, dead_acute, heart ] }; // é É ´ ♥
key <AD03> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ p, P, ampersand, section ] }; // p P & §
key <AD04> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC", [ o, O, oe, OE ] }; // o O œ Œ
key <AD05> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ egrave, Egrave, dead_grave, grave ] }; // è È ` `
key <AD06> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL", [ dead_circumflex, exclam, exclamdown, U2620 ] }; // ^ ! ¡ ☠
key <AD07> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ v, V, dead_caron, U2622 ] }; // v V ˇ ☢
key <AD08> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ d, D, UFDD7, U2623 ] }; // d D ∞ ☣
key <AD09> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ l, L, dead_stroke, sterling ] }; // l L / £
key <AD10> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ j, J, U262E, U262F ] }; // j J ☮ ☯
key <AD11> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ z, Z, UFDD8, U2619 ] }; // z Z ― ☙
key <AD12> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ w, W, U269C, U267F ] }; // w W ⚜ ♿
key <AC01> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC", [ a, A, ae, AE ] }; // a A æ Æ
key <AC02> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC", [ u, U, ugrave, Ugrave ] }; // u U ù Ù
key <AC03> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ i, I, dead_diaeresis, dead_abovedot ] }; // i I ¨ ˙
key <AC04> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ e, E, EuroSign, dead_currency ] }; // e E € ¤
key <AC05> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL", [ comma, semicolon, apostrophe, dead_belowcomma ] }; // , ; ' ,
key <AC06> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ c, C, dead_cedilla, copyright ] }; // c C ¸ ©
key <AC07> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ t, T, UFDD5, trademark ] }; // t T ᵉ ™
key <AC08> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ s, S, UFDD4, U017F ] }; // s S ß ſ
key <AC09> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ r, R, dead_breve, registered ] }; // r R ˘ ®
key <AC10> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ n, N, dead_tilde, U2693 ] }; // n N ~ ⚓
key <AC11> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ m, M, dead_macron, U26FD ] }; // m M ¯ ⛽
key <BKSL> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ ccedilla, Ccedilla, U2708, U1F12F ] }; // ç Ç ✈ 🄯
key <LSGT> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ ecircumflex, Ecircumflex, slash, asciicircum ] }; // ê Ê / ^
key <AB01> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ agrave, Agrave, backslash, singlelowquotemark ] }; // à À \ ‚
key <AB02> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ y, Y, braceleft, leftsinglequotemark ] }; // y Y { ‘
key <AB03> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ x, X, braceright, rightsinglequotemark ] }; // x X } ’
key <AB04> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL", [ period, colon, ellipsis, periodcentered ] }; // . : … ·
key <AB05> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ k, K, asciitilde, U2011 ] }; // k K ~ ‑
key <AB06> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL", [ rightsinglequotemark, question, questiondown, dead_hook ] }; // ’ ? ¿ ̉
key <AB07> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ q, Q, dead_abovering, dead_horn ] }; // q Q ˚ ̛
key <AB08> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ g, G, dead_greek, dagger ] }; // g G µ †
key <AB09> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ h, H, dead_belowdot, doubledagger ] }; // h H ̣ ‡
key <AB10> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL_SEMIALPHABETIC", [ f, F, dead_ogonek, U26C4 ] }; // f F ˛ ⛄
key <SPCE> { type[group1] = "FOUR_LEVEL", [ space, U202F, underscore, nobreakspace ] }; // _
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
I'm doing some issue cleanup & maintenance, and this appears to be the same feature request as #590, so will be marking this as duplicate.
Yes, because #590 was focused on ready to use bépo layout for a specific keyboard, and here I just ask for a small layout window available in Preferences to allow users to easily make their custom layout, without using a preconfigured ready to use one. I don’t know what proportion of qwerty/dvorak users customize their layout for M01/100/Atreus (regarding primary letters), but bépo users seem to do it quite a lot, and I did not want to push a specific preconfiguration. But maybe for you these 2 things are really linked a lot!
@algernon From comments in Discord, my understanding is that the request is to have the option to select the bépo layout as the OS/host keyboard layout, so users who have their OS set to bépo can see a reasonable preview when editing their layouts. I'm not sure to what extent this issue is a duplicate of #590. The conversation there seems to wander a bit, but perhaps it's asking for both creating a bépo layout on the keyboard to be used with a QWERTY (or other existing) OS keyboard layout, and an option to set the Chrysalis preview display to show the correct key labels when the OS is set to bépo.
Ah, I see! Different issue then, indeed. Sorry about that, I read too hastily.
I'm afraid this is not something we can do in the foreseeable future. We're using the Unicode CLDR keyboard data to build the host-side layouts, and that dataset does not appear to have a Bépo layout.
In the past, before switching to CLDR, we tried to maintain some mappings ourselves, and it ended up being a disaster. I do not wish to do that again. So until CLDR gains a Bépo layout, we're not going to be able to offer that in Chrysalis, not as a possible host-side layout.
I will be keeping this open, however, but I'm adding a wontfix label for now. :(
Hi,
I just found this convesation, I already added the layout, see here. I think the result is not perfect but clearly a big improvement for bépo users.
The only issue I can see is with the weird "Alt." label that’s getting added in the bottom left corner above the "ê" letter. I tested with "â" and noticed the same behavior. Appart from that everyting that I tested (which is not exhaustive) on my Fedora machine works fine. If you’re ok with it I can do the PR.
