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diff --git a/xorg-server/xkbdata.src/docs/README.symbols b/xorg-server/xkbdata.src/docs/README.symbols deleted file mode 100644 index 749618e77..000000000 --- a/xorg-server/xkbdata.src/docs/README.symbols +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ - -The files in the symbols directory describe possible layouts for a given -keyboard. - -The default layout in each file should describe the most common layout -for its kind, usually the symbols printed on the keys. Layout variants -can describe common differences that are not necessarily printed on the keys. -(e.g. a phonetic version of Cyrillic). - -The names of the files are referenced throughout the XKB rules, and may be -exposed in the X server configuration and in user configuration tools. -The filenames use the following convention: - -Country layouts: - - Keyboard layouts for a country must use the 2-letter code from the - ISO-3166 standard. - -Language layouts: - - Keyboard layouts for a language must use the 3-letter code from the - ISO-639 standard. - -Script layouts: - - Keyboard layouts for a script must use the 4-letter code from the - ISO-15924 standard. - -Other: - - Keyboard layouts that do not fit in the above model and directories - must use a filename between 5 and 8 characters. - -The ISO codes can be found at the following addressed: - -Country layouts: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/iso_3166-1_decoding_table.html -Language layouts: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langcodes.html -Script layouts: http://www.unicode.org/iso15924/iso15924-codes.html - -The description in the directory file base.xml.in should match the group names -in the symbols file. - -If the layout is country-based, this has to be the full -name of the country. It is highly not recommended to use the forms -"Republic of XXX" or "XXX Republic" - the form "XXX" should be used instead. -The only exception is "United Kingdom". - -If the layout is language-based, this has to be the name of the language. - -Within single symbols file, all the variants should have the same group name -(implemented using the "include" directive wherever possible). |