[Bug 2582] New: xkb cyrillic layout on non-US keyboards (Nothern Europe)

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           Summary: xkb cyrillic layout on non-US keyboards (Nothern Europe)
           Product: xorg
           Version: 6.8.1
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://www.konvalo.org/pub/symbols-ru_SE
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: Input/Keyboard
        AssignedTo: xorg-bugzilla-noise at freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: pin at chalmers.se


The existing ru and even ru(phonetic) layouts are inadequate when used on a
Swedish, or similar, keyboard. Some keys are not available in "cyrillic" mode,
some keys are not used.

I have produced a "phonetic" layout for Swedish keyboards which is the only
viable solution when you are in Sweden, use multiple computers and hence have to
use the original keyboards to write in Russian.

In contrast, "ru" layout does not work properly. Besides the ignorance of the
present extra keys and hence unnecessary abuse of other keys, it lacks the
"upper half" of the symbols provided by "se" layout, neither allows input of
occational Latin and Swedish letters.

The new layout is meant to be used like

setxkbmap -rules xorg -model pc105 -layout "se,ru_SE" -option "grp:caps_toggle"
[-variant "nodeadkeys,nodeadkeys"]

It can probably be improved (say for needs of blind-typing according to russian
typewriter layout) - but it is definitely useful as is, used by several users
for several years.
I ask for inclusion of this layout in the distribution (on common terms).          
     
     
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