Provides greek letters as level 3 (right Alt switch):
key <AC01> { [ a, A, Greek_alpha, Greek_ALPHA ] }; // α Α
key <AB05> { [ b, B, Greek_beta, Greek_BETA ] }; // β Β
key <AB03> { [ c, C, Greek_psi, Greek_PSI ] }; // ψ Ψ
key <AC03> { [ d, D, Greek_delta, Greek_DELTA ] }; // δ Δ
key <AD03> { [ e, E, Greek_epsilon, Greek_EPSILON ] }; // ε Ε
key <AC04> { [ f, F, Greek_phi, Greek_PHI ] }; // φ Φ
key <AC05> { [ g, G, Greek_gamma, Greek_GAMMA ] }; // γ Γ
key <AC06> { [ h, H, Greek_eta, Greek_ETA ] }; // η Η
key <AD08> { [ i, I, Greek_iota, Greek_IOTA ] }; // ι Ι
key <AC07> { [ j, J, Greek_xi, Greek_XI ] }; // ξ Ξ
key <AC08> { [ k, K, Greek_kappa, Greek_KAPPA ] }; // κ Κ
key <AC09> { [ l, L, Greek_lamda, Greek_LAMDA ] }; // λ Λ
key <AB07> { [ m, M, Greek_mu, Greek_MU ] }; // μ Μ
key <AB06> { [ n, N, Greek_nu, Greek_NU ] }; // ν Ν
key <AD09> { [ o, O, Greek_omicron, Greek_OMICRON ] }; // ο Ο
key <AD10> { [ p, P, Greek_pi, Greek_PI ] }; // π Π
key <AD04> { [ r, R, Greek_rho, Greek_RHO ] }; // ρ Ρ
key <AC02> { [ s, S, Greek_sigma, Greek_SIGMA ] }; // σ Σ
key <AD05> { [ t, T, Greek_tau, Greek_TAU ] }; // τ Τ
key <AD07> { [ u, U, Greek_theta, Greek_THETA ] }; // θ Θ
key <AB04> { [ v, V, Greek_omega, Greek_OMEGA ] }; // ω Ω
key <AB02> { [ x, X, Greek_chi, Greek_CHI ] }; // χ Χ
key <AD06> { [ y, Y, Greek_upsilon, Greek_UPSILON ] }; // υ Υ
key <AB01> { [ z, Z, Greek_zeta, Greek_ZETA ] }; // ζ Ζ
key <AB09> { [ period, greater, periodcentered, periodcentered] }; // · ·
This is probably a wrong way to install layout variants, but xkb is too arcane to for me to figure out. So:
- Copy
us
file to/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/
, this will overwrite the existing file. - Add this entry near the English (US) variants in
/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml
<variant> <configItem> <name>alphabeta</name> <shortDescription>US αβ</shortDescription> <description>English (US αβ)</description> </configItem> </variant>
- Maybe restart or logout & login
- Go to keyboard settings and add "English (US αβ)" layout. On Ubuntu you need to click on "English (United States)" first, which then expands into variants.