How to Customize the (Phonetic-Arabic) Keyboard Layout?

Question

uI am a newcomer to the linux world. Been using msoft for 20years or more. Just moved to Ubuntu since 3 weeks and I am really enjoying it.

I am needing an phonetic keyboard for arabic similar to the one at www.arabic-keyboard.org

This keyboard is not like the arabic keyboard available in ubuntu. It is a customized version. I would like to know if this is available, or how can I proceed to design one.

Answer 1

This could be one feasible way: taking the ubuntu Arabic phonetic layout as a template, and customizing it (as described in the link) to meet your preferences.

Further, see Create my own keyboard input layout and the links cited therein:

• http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/Blog/custom-keyboard-in-linuxx11

• http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1092145&postcount=1

• http://code.google.com/p/keyboardlayouteditor/

Further, on the idea of porting/converting a Windoze keyboard layout to the Linux world (welcome, btw!), these links might be a good starting point:

• http://blechtog.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/project-linux-to-windows-keyboard-layout-converter/
• https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/keyboard-layouts