Re: [kbd] Include Bépo in the set of default layouts
Alexey Gladkov <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.kbd |
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19.04.2013 00:53, Sébastien wrote: > Hi, > > > I’m french (sorry if I do some mistakes), and I’m using the Bépo keyboard > layout. It’s a popular Dvorak-like French-optimized keyboard layout. Some > reasons to include it: > > – Bépo layout is popular, see the number of people registered on our forum: > http://forum.bepo.fr/userlist.php (if we don’t count people with 0 messages > posted, 33 + 50 × 8 = 433), or on Linuxfr.org: > https://linuxfr.org/sondages/la-disposition-b%C3%A9po%E2%80%A6 (203 people > claims that they use Bépo, 114 wants to use it and 443 says “maybe one day”). > Some of this people created Ergodis, an association to promote Bépo (but not > only). > > – physical Bépo keyboards. How to install a distro if we can’t use our > keyboard? (http://typematrix.com/bepo.php and http://www.ceciaa.com/clavier-ergoneos-fort-contraste-disposition-bepo-c2391-7.php for example). > > – Bépo isn’t available on some distributions, so it’s not easy to install it, > especially for “noobs”. Bépo directly in kbd means no maintenance problems for > distributions and unified and simple solution to the problem. > > – Bépo layout won’t evolve anymore (instead, we want to do a new (perfect?) > keyboard layout for the (far?) future). It means no maintenance burden for > you. Also, it’s less than 85 KiB (licences included) > > > So, what do you think about this idea? I have no objections about it. -- Rgrds, legion