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International Language Environments Guide

New Oracle Solaris Keyboard Software Support

Software support for the following additional keyboards is available in this release:

The software enables users in Russia, Canada, Estonia, and Poland to modify the standard U.S. keyboard layouts to meet individual language needs. Currently, no hardware is available for the additional keyboard types. To take advantage of this new keyboard software, follow the steps in the procedures in this section.

ProcedureHow to Access Estonian Type 6 USB Keyboard Support

  1. Change the US6.kt entry to Estonia6.kt in the /usr/openwin/share/etc/keytables/keytable.map file.

    The modified entry should appear as follows:


    6               0       Estonia6.kt

  2. Add one of the following entries to the /usr/openwin/share/lib/locale/iso_8859_15/Compose file.

    The modified entry should appear as follows:


    <scaron>     : "/xa8"   scaron
<scaron>     : "/xa6"   scaron
<scaron>     : "/270"   scaron
<scaron>     : "/264"   scaron

  3. Reboot the system to implement the changes.

ProcedureHow to Access French Canadian Type 6 USB Keyboard Support

  1. Change the US6.kt entry to Canada6.kt in the /usr/openwin/share/etc/keytables/keytable.map file.

    The modified entry should appear as follows:


    6               0       Canada6.kt

  2. Reboot the system to implement the changes.

ProcedureHow to Access Polish Programmers Type 5 Keyboard Support

  1. Change the Poland5.kt entry to Poland5_pr.kt in the /usr/openwin/share/etc/keytables/keytable.map file.

    The modified entry should appear as follows:


    6               0       Poland5_pr.kt

  2. Reboot the system to implement the changes.