From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on sa.int.altlinux.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_NEUTRAL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 Message-ID: <517429EA.60702@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:03:22 +0400 From: Alexey Gladkov User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130411 Thunderbird/17.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kbd@lists.altlinux.org References: <1412292.aQbcNCgMXb@seb-pc> In-Reply-To: <1412292.aQbcNCgMXb@seb-pc> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6a1pre OpenPGP: id=4CFFD434; url=http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&fingerprint=on&search=0xA45ABA544CFFD434 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [kbd] =?utf-8?q?Include_B=C3=A9po_in_the_set_of_default_layouts?= X-BeenThere: kbd@lists.altlinux.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: Linux console tools development discussion List-Id: Linux console tools development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:03:29 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: 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