lyx Hebrew keyboard layout variant issue

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:28:03PM +0300, Herouth Maoz wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I recently upgraded the Linux version on my work machine, and I noticed 
> something odd about the Hebrew kxkb layout, which I use in the lyx 
> variant. There was no "=" key, and there were two "]" keys. The default 
> Hebrew layout had no such artifact.
>
> After comparing my KDE-based Mandriva setup with my sysadmin's Ubuntu  
> (Gnome), it turned out that we had the same layout, and the thing about 
> it is that it's not completely defined. The number keys and symbol keys 
> which are supposedly "common" to the Hebrew and US layouts are not 
> defined. The default variant defines all the keys.

This is by design. The lyx layout only touches the second group. Someone
may want to use the British pound sign for shift-3, for instance.

See /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/il

    // Mirrored:
    key <AD11> { [ bracketright, braceright, 0x10005bf  ]}; // Rafe
    key <AD12> { [ bracketleft,  braceleft,  0x10005bd  ]}; // Meteg

One way out of this is to use the X11 keycodes as a translation layer
between dvorak keys and qwerty keys. In this case, map AD11 and AD12 to
different keys. This is done in files under /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/

>
> Where is the problem? In English, I don't use the US layout, but rather 
> the Dvorak layout, which places the "]" where "=" is supposed to be.

What layout do you use, exactly? What's you current XKB configuration?

xprop -root | grep _XKB

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