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Re: [xkb] Re: <> and | symbols under symbols/is on pc104 keyboards



On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Sergey Udaltsov
<sergey ( dot ) udaltsov ( at ) gmail ( dot ) com> wrote:
> Some questions, just to give us some context:
> Can you buy pc104 in Iceland? Are <>| engraved on those keyboards?
> Where? Could you provide a photo?

pc104 keyboards are available in Iceland although rarer than pc105
keyboards. <>| might be engraved on them physically wherever the
standard US layout puts them but if you switch to the IS layout you
can't enter them on the standard layout.

Incidentally I'm typing on a pc104 keyboard but I use is(dvorak) so
I'm not affected, however those characters should be available at
least under an optional variant.

> I tend to agree with the idea that new variant is better than
> modifying the existing one. Though I am not Icelander, of course...

I think regardless of where you're from it's best to not modify
keyboard layouts after-the-fact since by the nature of the task you'll
never be able to seek input from anything but a small fraction of the
user base.