Console: italian keyboard layout with one key wrong

xabbu · 8 March 2025 10:36

The header for the it2 keymap explains the changes and why - is mapped to /

legionus/kbd/blob/ba9800800df9ae65b0b61423a9f61d71ff2073c0/data/keymaps/i386/qwerty/it2.map#L12


      
          ! Italian keymap
          !
          !
          !  Note:
          !   	Since the Italian keyboard lacks of some basic keys ( like the '{}'
          !	parentheses  and the '`' grave ) and the most used keys like the
          !	unix slash '/' are in the wrong position, I added some new keys
          !	binding to the standard Italian keyboard. They are:
          !	CHARACTER 		KEY
          !	    `			AltGr-<'>
          !	    /			<->
          !	    -			AltGr-<->	
          !	    {			AltGr-<8>
          !	    }			AltGr-<9>
          !	    ~			AltGr-<\>
          !
          ! To use the Italian keyboard under X11 you must make the $HOME/.Xmodmap using
          ! the mk_modmap command found under /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps,
          ! and then insert the following lines in your /usr/lib/X11/Xconfig :
          !
          !	LeftAlt	Meta