[How to setup from a french keyboard]

This is a bash script to convert the keys:

#!/bin/bash

# USAGE
# flirc_key converter           
# flirc_key converter keys      


FLIRC_UTIL_FILE="$HOME/.flirc/flirc_util"            # modify this path to the 'flirc_util' utility

usage()
{
    echo " usage:  `basename $0` <OPTIONAL ARGUMENT>"
    echo
    echo "   -h,--help                              Display help information"
    echo "   -k,--keys                              Print and convert the keys stored in flirc"
    echo ""
    echo " (if no argument is passed to the script, it'll ask you what char(s) you want to convert)"

    exit 1
    
}

if [ -z "$1" ]; then                                  # no argument passed to the script
    echo -ne "String to convert: "; read STRING
    STRING_LENGTH=${#STRING}

    for (( i=0; i<=$((STRING_LENGTH-1)); i++ ))
    do
        echo "'${STRING:$i:1}' becomes '$(echo "${STRING:$i:1}" | sed 'y/aAqQwWzZ,?;.:mM/qQaAzZwWmM,<.;:/' | sed "y/ù'/'4/" | sed 'y/!\//\/>/' | sed 'y/&é"(-è_çà)°1234567890^¨$£\*µ%§/123567890-_!@#$%^&*()[{]}\\|"?/')' on flirc's US virtual keyboard"         # escaping '\' to '\\' is necessary so '\*' becomes '\\'
        
    done
    
elif [ "$1" == "-k" ] || [ "$1" == "--keys" ]; then                            # argument passed to the script is 'keys'
    $FLIRC_UTIL_FILE keys | grep -v '\-\-\-' | grep -v "key" | awk '{print $3}' | sed '/^[[:space:]]*$/d' | while read line
    do
        size=${#line}
        [[ $size -gt 1 ]] && continue
        LINE="$(echo "$line" | sed 'y/aAqQwWzZ,?;.:mM/qQaAzZwWmM,<.;:/' | sed "y/ù'/'4/" | sed 'y/!\//\/>/' | sed 'y/&é"(-è_çà)°1234567890^¨$£\*µ%§/123567890-_!@#$%^&*()[{]}\\|"?/')"         # escaping '\' to '\\' is necessary so '\*' becomes '\\'
        [[ "$line" == "$LINE" ]] && continue

        echo "'$line' becomes '$LINE' on flirc's US virtual keyboard"

    done
elif [ "$1" == "help" ] || [ "$1" == "--help" ] || [ "$1" == "-h" ]; then
    usage 

else
    echo "Invalid argument"
    usage

fi

I use it to know what to type on Flirc's US Full Keyboard controller

 

flirc_key_converter
String to convert: azerty*,;:!
'a' becomes 'q' on flirc's US virtual keyboard
'z' becomes 'w' on flirc's US virtual keyboard
'e' becomes 'e' on flirc's US virtual keyboard
'r' becomes 'r' on flirc's US virtual keyboard
't' becomes 't' on flirc's US virtual keyboard
'y' becomes 'y' on flirc's US virtual keyboard
'*' becomes '\' on flirc's US virtual keyboard
',' becomes 'm' on flirc's US virtual keyboard
';' becomes ',' on flirc's US virtual keyboard
':' becomes '.' on flirc's US virtual keyboard
'!' becomes '/' on flirc's US virtual keyboard

 

Feel free to use it