1. SUPPORTED KEYBOARDS

List of supported keyboards:

Sun Type 5:
  sunt5-es.kmap
  sunt5-de-latin1.kmap    (Contributed by Wolfgang Szöcs <wolfi@tfh-berlin.de>)
  sunt5-fi-latin1.kmap    (  by Riku Meskanen <mesrik@cc.jyu.fi>)
  sunt5-ru.kmap           (  by Alexander V. Lukyanov <lav@video.yars.free.net>)
  sunt5-uk.kmap           (  by Steven Brookes <stevejb@eos18.eos.co.uk>)

Sun Type 4:
  sunt4-es.kmap           (  By Antoni Pŕmies Olivé <toni@readysoft.net>)

The other keymaps provided with this package are the original PC ones and are
included just for reference when creating new ones.
DO NOT TRY TO LOAD THEM. THEY WILL MAKE YOUR KEYBOARD COMPLETELY UNUSABLE.

Don't forget to check that /etc/sysconfig/keyboard contains the right
definition. The kbdconfig utility will do it for you. It should be found
at the same place where you got this package as kbdconfig-1.3-1.sparc.rpm.

Please, send new maps to <eduardo@medusa.es>, so I can include them in new
releases of this package.



2. HOW TO CREATE KEYBOARD MAPS

NOTE: Please, send additions, comments and corrections (of ANY kind) to the
      address above.

2.1 The Hard Way (TM)

  First, execute the dumpkeys command to create a first working keymap:

  $ dumpkeys > sunt5-lang.kmap

  Then, press every key to check if the console shows the symbol it is supposed
  to. If not, search for the offending keycode into the sunt5-lang.kmap file and
  change its keysyms to the real ones. (You can get the keycodes using showkey).

  Please read the documentation accompanying this package and check the
  sunt5-* and PC keymaps provided with this RPM (specially the ones for your
  native language) if you have any doubt.

2.2 The Easy Way

  Choose one of the provided PC keymaps for your language and do the following:

  $ pc2sun.pl lang.kmap > sunt5-lang.kmap

  Check the file sunt5-lang.kmap as explained in 2.1.

  (pc2sun.pl should work very well in most cases. For the Spanish keyboard,
  only two keys were misplaced, due to some special characteristics of the
  Spanish PC keyboard)
  


3. CHANGELOG

Release 0.94-1 (16 May 97)

 * kbd-0.94. Andries Brouwer has included most of the SPARC specific code
   in this version.

Release 0.93-1 (27 Apr 97)

 * Merged to Andries Brouwer's kbd-0.93

 * Added sunt5-uk.kmap keymap.

 * Small fix to sunt5-ru.kmap (Alexander V. Lukyanov)
 
Release 0.91-12 (18 Jan 97)

 * Added Antoni's sunt4-es.kmap

Release 0.91-11 (13 Jan 97)

 * WARNING WARNING WARNING
   This was compiled by Antoni Pŕmies Olivé <toni@readysoft.net> with a Type 4
   keymap for Spanish and Catalan.

   This release is NOT complete and won't install the init scripts, for
   example.

   I won't answer any question about it. Install Release 12 or higher or ask
   Antoni directly if you have any problems with this one.

Release 0.91-10 (12 Jan 97)

 * Added pc2sun.pl (Thanks to Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org>)

 * Replaced defkeymap.kmap with system's sunkeymap.kmap (Thanks to Riku Meskanen)

 * Added sunt5-fi-latin1.kmap and sunt5-ru.kmap

 * Improved README.sparc


Release 0.91-9a (27 Oct 96)

 * Fixed serious bug in setfont


Release 0.91-9  (26 Oct 96)

 * First version for Linux/SPARC with Spanish and German keyboards support.
   (Same as RedHat kbd-0.91-9 for i386 with Sparc-specific patches)


Eduardo Casino