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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: more than 4 keyboard layouts?
From:       "Andriy Rysin" <arysin () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-02-27 14:12:31
Message-ID: 3e02eb610702270612m32f02ean7b4853c820b2e88c () mail ! gmail ! com
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2007/2/27, Hasso Tepper <hasso@kde.org>:
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> Andriy Rysin wrote:
> > as kxkb is going to switch groups instead of layouts in KDE4 (for many
> many
> > reasons) there's XKB limitation coming - only 4 groups is supported.
> > *Theoretically* it's possible to support switching more than 4 but it'll
> > take some dirty tricks so here comes the question of today:
> > Does anybody really uses (or rather really needs) more than four
> layouts???
>
> I and most of my coworkers have using four layouts as we work in
> the environment where three languages are commonly used - Estonian,
> Russian and Finnish. Fourth is the US layout as many of us do some
> programming.
>
> I'm sure we are not the exception and three isn't the biggest number
> of languages people in multilanguage environments must handle.


four layouts will be supported, the problem starts with 5 and more

Andriy

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2007/2/27, Hasso Tepper &lt;<a \
href="mailto:hasso@kde.org">hasso@kde.org</a>&gt;:<div><span \
class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px \
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Andriy \
Rysin wrote:<br>&gt; as kxkb is going to switch groups instead of layouts in KDE4 \
(for many many<br>&gt; reasons) there&#39;s XKB limitation coming - only 4 groups is \
supported.<br>&gt; *Theoretically* it&#39;s possible to support switching more than 4 \
but it&#39;ll <br>&gt; take some dirty tricks so here comes the question of \
today:<br>&gt; Does anybody really uses (or rather really needs) more than four \
layouts???<br><br>I and most of my coworkers have using four layouts as we work in \
<br>the environment where three languages are commonly used - Estonian,<br>Russian \
and Finnish. Fourth is the US layout as many of us do \
some<br>programming.<br><br>I&#39;m sure we are not the exception and three isn&#39;t \
the biggest number <br>of languages people in multilanguage environments must \
handle.</blockquote><div><br>four layouts will be supported, the problem starts with \
5 and more<br><br>Andriy <br></div><br></div>



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