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All system keyboard files stores in $KDEDIR/share/apps/kikbd and personal in $HOME/.kde/share/apps/kikbd. Each keyboard has two, three or four symbols per physical keyboard key (see section National Keyboard). Distributions include Tcl program which can help you create new keyboard. The name of this program is mkmap. You can find it in the folder of system keyboard files. Creating of national keyboard consists of two steps.
% mkmap Keyboard Label [Us]: Keyboard Comment [English American Keyboard]: Long Comment [Keyboard for using in USA]: Locale [us]:You should answer on some questions. Keyboard Label - is the label showed inside KiKbd button. Keyboard Comment - short keyboard description, showed in KiKbd popup menu. Long Comment - long keyboard description, showed in KcmiKbd. Locale - locale for this keyboard, usually in small case and equal to Keyboard Label. On success you will get template file in the current directory with extension .kimap.
% mkmap map <template file> <xmodmap file> Which columns in xmodmap? [3,4]You have to specify columns in xmodmap file to be used. Numbers 1,2,3,4 are valid, type them separated by comma. Xmodmap file can be created by the command:
% xmodmap -pke > <xmodmap.file>If you create keyboard for you favorite language please send it to me and i include it in the next release. Don't use more then 3 symbols for keyboard label - this has bad look inside kpanel.
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