lyx Hebrew keyboard layout variant issue

[Herouth Maoz]

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.

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.

So, does anybody know where I can get a fully-defined Hebrew layout  
for kxkb, in the lyx variant? If so, a hint on where to install it  
will also be appreciated. And finally, how does one convince all the  
distros to include a full layout? It's strange that both Ubuntu and  
Mandriva have the same faulty layout.

As far as I remember, the layout did not give me trouble in Mandriva  
2007.1 from which I upgraded. So there used to be a good layout out  
there.

Thanks,
Herouth