14.04.2009 21:45, Michael Schutte wrote: > The Linux kernel distinguishes between K(KTYP, KVAL) keysyms and Unicode > characters. This patch makes loadkeys query the console’s Unicode mode > and convert between the two keysym types according to the result. The > theoretical advantage is that less keymaps need both an 8-bit and a > Unicode variant (cf. trq[u], ua[-utf]). I have a problem with your patch: LANG: ru_RU.UTF-8 keymap: data/keymaps/i386/qwerty/ruwin_cplk-UTF-8.map The difference between the old and the new behavior is attached. This is 'dumpkeys -n' output. For example keycode 52 = U+044e -> U+f44e: $ /usr/bin/printf '\u044e\n\uf44e\n' ю  First character is cyrillic 'yu': http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/044e/index.htm Second is: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/f44e/index.htm And also, you have not updated the documentation for new behaviour. -- Rgrds, legion