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		<title>Blackboard Bold US Keyboard Layout &#8211; xkb</title>
		<link>http://reid.unitedhobbyists.net/blog/2010/05/blackboard-bold-us-keyboard-layout-xkb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;ve made myself an alternate US keyboard layout for xkb for the purpose of typing blackboard bold characters.
The layout types the characters pictured.

To use it, add the following to the end of your xkb/symbols/us file:
partial alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "blkbrd" {

name[Group1]= "OE/BLACKBOARD";

include "us(basic)"

key &#38;lt;TLDE&#38;gt; {    [     grave,    asciitilde    ]    };
key &#38;lt;AE01&#38;gt; {    [    U1D7D9,    U2145        [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://reid.unitedhobbyists.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/us-bb-preview.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-60" title="us-bb-preview" src="http://reid.unitedhobbyists.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/us-bb-preview.png" alt="" width="157" height="190" /></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve made myself an alternate US keyboard layout for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_keyboard_extension">xkb</a> for the purpose of typing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard_bold">blackboard bold</a> characters.</p>
<p>The layout types the characters pictured.</p>
<p><span id="more-46"></span></p>
<p>To use it, add the following to the end of your xkb/symbols/us file:</p>
<pre><code>partial alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "blkbrd" {

name[Group1]= "OE/BLACKBOARD";

include "us(basic)"

key &amp;lt;TLDE&amp;gt; {    [     grave,    asciitilde    ]    };
key &amp;lt;AE01&amp;gt; {    [    U1D7D9,    U2145         ]    };
key &amp;lt;AE02&amp;gt; {    [    U1D7DA,    U2146        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AE03&amp;gt; {    [    U1D7DB,    U2147    ]    };
key &amp;lt;AE04&amp;gt; {    [    U1D7DC,    U2148        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AE05&amp;gt; {    [    U1D7DD,    U2149        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AE06&amp;gt; {    [    U1D7DE,    U213E    ]    };
key &amp;lt;AE07&amp;gt; {    [    U1D7DF,    U213D    ]    };
key &amp;lt;AE08&amp;gt; {    [    U1D7E0,    U213F    ]    };
key &amp;lt;AE09&amp;gt; {    [    U1D7E1,    parenleft    ]    };
key &amp;lt;AE10&amp;gt; {    [    U1D7D8,    parenright    ]    };
key &amp;lt;AE11&amp;gt; {    [     minus,    U213C    ]    };
key &amp;lt;AE12&amp;gt; {    [     equal,    U2140        ]    };

key &amp;lt;AD01&amp;gt; {    [      U1D562,    U211A         ]    };
key &amp;lt;AD02&amp;gt; {    [      U1D568,    U1D54E        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AD03&amp;gt; {    [      U1D556,    U1D53C        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AD04&amp;gt; {    [      U1D563,    U211D        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AD05&amp;gt; {    [      U1D565,    U1D54B        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AD06&amp;gt; {    [      U1D56A,    U1D550        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AD07&amp;gt; {    [      U1D566,    U1D54C        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AD08&amp;gt; {    [      U1D55A,    U1D540        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AD09&amp;gt; {    [      U1D560,    U1D546        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AD10&amp;gt; {    [      U1D561,    U2119        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AD11&amp;gt; {    [ bracketleft,    braceleft    ]    };
key &amp;lt;AD12&amp;gt; {    [ bracketright,    braceright    ]    };

key &amp;lt;AC01&amp;gt; {    [      U1D552,    U1D538         ]    };
key &amp;lt;AC02&amp;gt; {    [      U1D564,    U1D54A        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AC03&amp;gt; {    [      U1D555,    U1D53B        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AC04&amp;gt; {    [      U1D557,    U1D53D        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AC05&amp;gt; {    [      U1D558,    U1D53E        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AC06&amp;gt; {    [      U1D559,    U210D        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AC07&amp;gt; {    [      U1D55B,    U1D541        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AC08&amp;gt; {    [      U1D55C,    U1D542        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AC09&amp;gt; {    [      U1D55D,    U1D543        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AC10&amp;gt; {    [ semicolon,    colon        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AC11&amp;gt; {    [ apostrophe,    quotedbl    ]    };

key &amp;lt;AB01&amp;gt; {    [      U1D56B,    U2124         ]    };
key &amp;lt;AB02&amp;gt; {    [      U1D569,    U1D54F        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AB03&amp;gt; {    [      U1D554,    U2102        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AB04&amp;gt; {    [      U1D567,    U1D54D        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AB05&amp;gt; {    [      U1D553,    U1D539        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AB06&amp;gt; {    [      U1D55F,    U2115        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AB07&amp;gt; {    [      U1D55E,    U1D544        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AB08&amp;gt; {    [     comma,    less        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AB09&amp;gt; {    [    period,    greater        ]    };
key &amp;lt;AB10&amp;gt; {    [     slash,    question    ]    };

key &amp;lt;BKSL&amp;gt; {    [ backslash,         bar    ]    };
key &amp;lt;SPCE&amp;gt; {    [ space ] };
};</code></pre>
<p>At this point the layout is usable for me as kxkb readily detects the new layout, however if it does not appear for you add the following to /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.xml:</p>
<pre><code>
        &lt;variant&gt;
          &lt;configitem&gt;
            &lt;name&gt;blkbrd&lt;/name&gt;
            &lt;description&gt;Blackboard Bold&lt;/description&gt;
            &lt;languagelist&gt;&lt;iso639id&gt;eng&lt;/iso639id&gt;&lt;/languagelist&gt;
          &lt;/configitem&gt;
        &lt;/variant&gt;</code></pre>
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		<title>Work in progress</title>
		<link>http://reid.unitedhobbyists.net/blog/2009/09/work-in-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m working on the wordpress installation I&#8217;ve got going here.  If all goes well this should cross-post to my livejournal, , as well as update my status on facebook and twitter.  Who knows, I might actually start using this.  Y&#8217;know, after I get OpenID working and all that.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I&#8217;m working on the wordpress installation I&#8217;ve got going here.  If all goes well this should cross-post to my livejournal, <span lj:user='soylent_bomb' style='white-space: nowrap; display: inline !important;'><a href='http://soylent_bomb.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;vertical-align:middle; margin-left: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0;' /></a><a href='http://soylent_bomb.livejournal.com/'><b>soylent_bomb</b></a></span>, as well as update my status on facebook and twitter.  Who knows, I might actually start using this.  Y&#8217;know, after I get OpenID working and all that.</p>
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