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‎Extra Step: Phonetic Keyboard

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‎Explanation/Justification

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‎Explanation/Justification

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 ==Extra Step: Phonetic Keyboard==
-[[File:Xal phonetic TEMP.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Kalmyk phonetic keyboard (TEMP; will change to screenshot]]
+[[File:Kalmyk_phonetic.png|right|200px|thumb|Kalmyk phonetic keyboard]]
 Based on the Russian "phonetic" keyboard (which maps Cyrillic letters to English letters that most closely resemble their sounds), I created a Kalmyk phonetic keyboard. I modified the positions of some keys to provide room for the six Kalmyk letters and IPA symbols in order to avoid relegating them to the AE (top) row.

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 * move the least frequently used letters to the top row
 The AB (fourth) row was configured the most, in order to create room for two Kalmyk characters and their IPA symbols while refraining from placing important punctuation marks on the second level. Some keys in this row were shifted; those changes are:
-* The "Ъ" key, or the hard sign letter, was moved to the top row due to its lack of stand-alone phonetic value.
+* The "Ъ" key, or the hard sign letter, was moved to the top row due to its lack of stand-alone phonetic value. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AA]
 * The "Ц" key was moved to the former spot of the "Ъ" key to group the sounds "z" and "ts" together.
 * The "Җ" key was moved to the immediate left of the "Ж" key to prevent relocation of the "Ж" key and to group the two visually and phonologically similar letters together.

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 ===Explanation/Justification===
 The general guiding principles were to:
 * place the IPA symbols on the third level of the letter key
 ** when impossible, place the IPA symbols on a key that is physically near
 * place the six Kalmyk letters on the same key as the letter most phonetically resembling them
 * move the least frequently used letters to the top row
-* to deviate as little from the English Latin keyboard as possible in terms of placing similar-sounding letters
+The AB (fourth) row was configured the most, in order to create room for two Kalmyk characters and their IPA symbols while refraining from placing important punctuation marks on the second level. Some keys in this row were shifted; those changes are:
-The AB (fourth) row was configured the most, in order to create room for two Kalmyk characters and their IPA symbols while refraining from placing important punctuation marks on the second level.
+* The "Ъ" key, or the hard sign letter, was moved to the top row due to its lack of stand-alone phonetic value.
 ==Installation==

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 ==Extra Step: Phonetic Keyboard==
-[[File:File:Xal phonetic TEMP.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Kalmyk phonetic keyboard (TEMP; will change to screenshot]]
+[[File:Xal phonetic TEMP.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Kalmyk phonetic keyboard (TEMP; will change to screenshot]]
 Based on the Russian "phonetic" keyboard (which maps Cyrillic letters to English letters that most closely resemble their sounds), I created a Kalmyk phonetic keyboard. I modified the positions of some keys to provide room for the six Kalmyk letters and IPA symbols in order to avoid relegating them to the AE (top) row.

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 ==Extra Step: Phonetic Keyboard==
 Based on the Russian "phonetic" keyboard (which maps Cyrillic letters to English letters that most closely resemble their sounds), I created a Kalmyk phonetic keyboard. I modified the positions of some keys to provide room for the six Kalmyk letters and IPA symbols in order to avoid relegating them to the AE (top) row.
 ===Explanation/Justification===

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          <shortDescription>xal_phonetic</shortDescription>
          <description>Kalmyk (phonetic) </description>
-         <languageList><iso639Id>eng</iso639Id><iso639Id>tur</iso639Id></languageList>
+         <languageList><iso639Id>xal</iso639Id></languageList>
        </configItem>
      </layout>

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 <ol>
 <li>Download the '''xal_phonetic''' file listed in [https://github.swarthmore.edu/slim1/ling073-xal-keyboard my github keyboard repository].  You can click on the file, click on "raw", and save the file. You can also run the command <code>git clone git@github.swarthmore.edu:slim1/ling073-xal-keyboard.git</code> on the terminal to copy all files in the repository to your computer. </li>
-<li>Put the "xal_phonetic" file in <code>/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols</code>.  You can use the <code>cp</code> command to do it, and you'll probably need to use <code>sudo</code> too.  Ex. <code>sudo cp xal_phonetic /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/</code></li>
+<li>Put the "xal_phonetic" file in <code>/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols</code>.  You can use the <code>cp</code> command to do it, and you'll probably need to use <code>sudo</code> too.  E.g. <code>sudo cp xal_phonetic /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/</code></li>
-<li>Add a layout entry in the <code>/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml</code> file for the layout.  To do this, edit that file with your favourite text editor (you will probably need to run sudo with the editor command, e), and search for the end of the layoutList section by searching for <code><NOWIKI></layoutList></NOWIKI></code> in the file.  Copy a simple layout block from above that line, paste it in as a new layout block (between the last <code><NOWIKI></layout></NOWIKI></code> and <code><NOWIKI></layoutList></NOWIKI></code>and modify it for this layout.  You can use something like this:
+<li>Add a layout entry in the <code>/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml</code> file for the layout.  To do this, edit that file with your favourite text editor (you will probably need sudo in front of the text editor command), and search for the end of the layoutList section by searching for <code><NOWIKI></layoutList></NOWIKI></code> in the file.  Copy a simple layout block from above that line, paste it in as a new layout block (between the last <code><NOWIKI></layout></NOWIKI></code> and <code><NOWIKI></layoutList></NOWIKI></code>and modify it for this layout.  You can use the following:
 <pre><NOWIKI>
      <layout>
        <configItem>
-         <name>tks</name>
+         <name>xal_phonetic</name>
-         <shortDescription>tks</shortDescription>
+         <shortDescription>xal_phonetic</shortDescription>
-         <description>Jonathan's Turkic and IPA layout</description>
+         <description>Kalmyk (phonetic) </description>
          <languageList><iso639Id>eng</iso639Id><iso639Id>tur</iso639Id></languageList>
        </configItem>
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 </NOWIKI></pre></li>
 <li>Save the file, exit the editor, and restart cinnamon.  The quickest way to do this is to run <code>cinnamon --replace</code> on the command line.</li>
-<li>Go back to your keyboard layout settings, and you should be able to find the layout under "Jonathan's Turkic and IPA layout" in the list.</li>
+<li>Go back to your keyboard layout settings, and you should be able to find the layout under "Kalmyk (phonetic)" in the list.</li>
 </ol>

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 ==Installation==
 <ol>
-<li>Download the '''xal_phonetic''' file listed in [https://github.swarthmore.edu/slim1/ling073-xal-keyboard my github keyboard repository].  You can click on the file, click on "raw", and save the file. You can also run the command <code>git clone git@github.swarthmore.edu:slim1/ling073-xal-keyboard.git.</code> on the terminal</li>.
+<li>Download the '''xal_phonetic''' file listed in [https://github.swarthmore.edu/slim1/ling073-xal-keyboard my github keyboard repository].  You can click on the file, click on "raw", and save the file. You can also run the command <code>git clone git@github.swarthmore.edu:slim1/ling073-xal-keyboard.git</code> on the terminal to copy all files in the repository to your computer. </li>
-<li>Put the tks file in <code>/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols</code>.  You can use the <code>cp</code> command to do it, and you'll probably need to use <code>sudo</code> too.  E.g. <code>sudo cp tks /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/</code></li>
+<li>Put the "xal_phonetic" file in <code>/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols</code>.  You can use the <code>cp</code> command to do it, and you'll probably need to use <code>sudo</code> too.  E.g. <code>sudo cp tks /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/</code></li>
 <li>Add a layout entry in the <code>/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml</code> file for the layout.  To do this, edit that file with your favourite text editor (again, you'll probably need sudo), and search for the end of the layoutList section by searching for <code><NOWIKI></layoutList></NOWIKI></code> in the file.  Copy a simple layout block from above that line, paste it in as a new layout block (between the last <code><NOWIKI></layout></NOWIKI></code> and <code><NOWIKI></layoutList></NOWIKI></code>and modify it for this layout.  You can use something like this:
 <pre><NOWIKI>