„:Translation:“ „:---“
„:I am not an expert in installing keyboard layouts, these instructions may not work for all Linux users“.
1. „:First, backup some files by running these commands“:
cp /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/bg /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/bg.old
cp /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml.old„:If you get an error, first run this command:“ su root, „:then try running the commands again, or replace cp with sudo cp“.
2. „:Open file“ /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/bg „:and append the following text block at the end of the file“:
// homepage: salif.github.io/colemak-bg
// version: 1
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "colemak_bg" {
include "bg(bds)"
name[Group1]="Bulgarian (Colemak)";
key <TLDE> {[ semicolon, colon, grave, asciitilde ]};
key <AE01> {[ 1, exclam ]};
key <AE02> {[ 2, at ]};
key <AE03> {[ 3, numbersign ]};
key <AE04> {[ 4, dollar ]};
key <AE05> {[ 5, percent ]};
key <AE06> {[ 6, asciicircum ]};
key <AE07> {[ 7, ampersand ]};
key <AE08> {[ 8, asterisk ]};
key <AE09> {[ 9, parenleft ]};
key <AE10> {[ 0, parenright ]};
key <AE11> {[ minus, underscore ]};
key <AE12> {[ equal, plus ]};
key <AD01> {[ Cyrillic_ya, Cyrillic_YA ]};
key <AD02> {[ Cyrillic_sha, Cyrillic_SHA ]};
key <AD03> {[ Cyrillic_ef, Cyrillic_EF ]};
key <AD04> {[ Cyrillic_pe, Cyrillic_PE ]};
key <AD05> {[ Cyrillic_ghe, Cyrillic_GHE ]};
key <AD06> {[ Cyrillic_zhe, Cyrillic_ZHE ]};
key <AD07> {[ Cyrillic_el, Cyrillic_EL ]};
key <AD08> {[ Cyrillic_u, Cyrillic_U ]};
key <AD09> {[ Cyrillic_shorti, Cyrillic_SHORTI ]};
key <AD10> {[ Cyrillic_shcha, Cyrillic_SHCHA ]};
key <AD11> {[ Cyrillic_yu, Cyrillic_YU, bracketleft, braceleft ]};
key <AD12> {[ Cyrillic_softsign, U045D, bracketright, braceright ]};
key <AC01> {[ Cyrillic_a, Cyrillic_A ]};
key <AC02> {[ Cyrillic_er, Cyrillic_ER ]};
key <AC03> {[ Cyrillic_es, Cyrillic_ES ]};
key <AC04> {[ Cyrillic_te, Cyrillic_TE ]};
key <AC05> {[ Cyrillic_de, Cyrillic_DE ]};
key <AC06> {[ Cyrillic_ha, Cyrillic_HA ]};
key <AC07> {[ Cyrillic_en, Cyrillic_EN ]};
key <AC08> {[ Cyrillic_ie, Cyrillic_IE ]};
key <AC09> {[ Cyrillic_i, Cyrillic_I ]};
key <AC10> {[ Cyrillic_o, Cyrillic_O ]};
key <AC11> {[ Cyrillic_hardsign, Cyrillic_HARDSIGN, apostrophe, quotedbl ]};
key <BKSL> {[ doublelowquotemark,leftdoublequotemark, backslash, bar ]};
key <LSGT> {[ U045D, U040D ]};
key <AB01> {[ Cyrillic_ze, Cyrillic_ZE ]};
key <AB02> {[ Cyrillic_che, Cyrillic_CHE ]};
key <AB03> {[ Cyrillic_tse, Cyrillic_TSE ]};
key <AB04> {[ Cyrillic_ve, Cyrillic_VE ]};
key <AB05> {[ Cyrillic_be, Cyrillic_BE ]};
key <AB06> {[ Cyrillic_ka, Cyrillic_KA ]};
key <AB07> {[ Cyrillic_em, Cyrillic_EM ]};
key <AB08> {[ comma, less ]};
key <AB09> {[ period, greater ]};
key <AB10> {[ slash, question ]};
include "level3(ralt_switch)"
};
3. „:Open file“ /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml „:and insert the following text block after the variant“ Bulgarian (enhanced):
<variant>
<configItem>
<name>colemak_bg</name>
<description>Bulgarian (Colemak)</description>
</configItem>
</variant>4. „:Then add“ Bulgarian (Colemak) „:via the settings of your desktop environment“.
„:To uninstall restore the old files or undo everything you did“:
mv /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/bg.old /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/bg
mv /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml.old /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml„:Uninstall the old version and install the new version“.
„:Changes you make to files in the /usr/share/X11/xkb directory will be lost when the package owning that directory is updated, for example on Arch Linux this package is called xkeyboard-config. You must either make the same changes every time you update this package or turn off updates for this package. You also have the option to make a custom package that contains these changes and replaces the original package“.