Re: [9front] aux/kbdfs: changes to allow support of NEO2 layout

[sirjofri <sirjofri@sirjofri.de>]

Hello,

Jstsmthrgk <jstsmthrgk@jstsmthrgk.eu> schrieb am Sa., 18. Apr. 2020, 23:15:
> I would really like to add support for NEO2 layout [0], but I've got two
> problems:

Fun fact: yesterday I also thought about adding neo2 support to
9front. More like a coding challenge and to learn programming for 9.

> First of all, the NEO2 layout uses six layers, while the current kbdfs
> only allows for four of them

Some of these tables use other layers, but I don't know how to
activate them and if they are used simultaneously. I also didn't look
into kbdfs, I only looked at the tables. I remember the po keymap file
using some layer 7 or so? Also I don't know if you can activate layers
with a combination of modifier keys (like neo wants).

> As this would be my first ever contribution to 9front I
> wanted to ask beforehand if there is anything I have to pay attention to?

I wish you every luck and also a lot of fun. I never contributed code
to any open source project, but I want to help if I can.

Please let me know if I can help somehow. I am a native German speaker
and can help testing and maybe review/write some code. I am not that
experienced with the native plan9 C libraries (and also no
professional with the libc). I'm also not that experienced with neo2,
but I am very interested and also learned it a little.

I only have one real limitation: My current native plan9 terminal is a
thinkpad T61 which has a limited keyboard. Also it's imported and had
a very weird keyboard layout (with stickers on the keycaps). I already
missed the <>| keynext to the left shift key on the German layout, so
I use the us layout.

I hope I can still help you somehow and make 9 a better place.

sirjofri

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