This is a customized keyboard layout symbol and rule file for Persian language in two major use cases:
- When someone wants to have windows-like Persian keyboard layout
- When someone wants to use Arabic Yeh (ي) by default, instead of Farsi Yeh (ی) in standard Persian keyboard for some reason (i.e. some platforms like Adobe Connect doesn't support Farsi Yeh)
First, backup your default configuration files
sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/original.evdev.xml
sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ir /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/original.ir
Then, Substitute ir
and evdev.xml
files of this repository with your system defaults.