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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7c467e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +# Lahu keyboard symbols for X + +## Description + +Unicode version 5.1 provides the characters to represent the tones of Lahu (and +Ahka). They are currently: + +``` +/ ˉ / high rising U+02C9 MODIFIER LETTER MACRON +/ ˇ / high falling U+02C7 CARON +/ / mid (no marking) +/ ˬ / low falling U+02EC MODIFIER LETTER VOICING +/ ˍ / very low U+02CD MODIFIER LETTER LOW MACRON +/ ˆ / high checked U+02C6 MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT +/ ꞈ / low checked U+A788 LETTER LOW CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT +``` + +The low checked tone was previously using U+F1E7 (and many used U+02F0 before +that) but the current U+A788 has been accepted into Unicode for this specific +purpose. + +## Installation + +Place the keyboard script in your local xkb search path at +`$HOME/.xkb/symbols/lhu` and then reference it at X startup. This is one way to +do it: + +``` +setxkbmap -I$HOME/.xkb -option grp:shifts_toggle,grp_led:scroll "us,th,lhu" -print | xkbcomp -I$HOME/.xkb - $DISPLAY +``` + +This loads the US, Lahu and Thai keyboard maps and allows toggling them via the +two Shift keys. The scroll lock indicator is used to indicate a non-default map. + +## Usage + +The low tone marks are on the keys for '[', ']', and '\' and the high marks are +on '{', '}' and '|' (Shift'ed keys of low tones). The original characters can be +obtained by using the Ctrl key in as well. |