[Fedora-i18n-bugs] [Bug 474010] gdm kbd layout setting should add US layout by default for layouts without Latin characters

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--- Comment #18 from Lev Shamardin <shamardin at gmail.com>  2009-11-26 04:24:49 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #17)
> From this mention, the Russian users normally select "us" layout in GDM with
> the physical Russian keyboard but don't select "ru" layout for the user/passwd
> prompt and they like to switch ru and us layout after log into the session?

Yes, normally Russian users have "us" layout in GDM with a physical Russian
keyboard, and after logging into the session they usually have two layouts with
switching between them, "us" and "ru" (typically a layout variant which was
named "ru-winkeys" some time ago). Which one is the default depends on the
user's main activity. Those who often type commands usually prefer "us" layout
as the default, while those who use generally mail-browser-office applications
often prefer "ru" layout as the default, but usually all Russian users have two
layouts configured with switching.

For those of you who have no idea what does 'physical Russian keyboard' look
like, I will attach a picture to this bug. Please notice that the keys have two
layouts printed on them: US (upper characters on letter keys, left column of
characters on symbols and numbers) and Russian (lower characters on letter
keys, right column of characters on symbols and numbers).

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