/better-persian-keyboard

Better Persian Keyboard for linux with Windows layout and Arabic Yeh mode

Better Persian Keyboard for Linux

This is a customized keyboard layout symbol and rule file for Persian language in two major use cases:

  1. When someone wants to have windows-like Persian keyboard layout
  2. 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)

How to use

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.