Estonian basic variant has useless `abovedot` and no dead circumflex
Compare the Estonian layout in Windows with the basic one in xkeyboard-config. See that the Windows layout has a dead circumflex on the third level of AC11
, and a non-dead one on the fourth level. The XKB layout has a non-dead circumflex on the third level of that key, and a dead caron on the fourth level. The dead caron is kind of useless there as it is already on the first level of the TLDE
key, where it is much more accessible. So it might make sense to put a dead circumflex on the fourth level instead, to slightly accommodate users coming from Windows, and to slightly expand the abilities of the layout, allowing one to type ê, â, and ô, for example, or ŝ and ĉ.
According to the Estonian keyboard standard, the circumflex on AC11
should not be dead -- see clause 29 in the verbal description: only acute, grave, caron and tilde are specified as dead keys. So the Windows layout is out-of-spec here, and xkeyboard-config is correct. The standard does not say anything about the fourth level, though, so it will be fine to put a dead circumflex there on AC11
.
(Note that the list at the end of the standard mistakenly puts the §
symbol on the E row instead of on the D row. The diagram at the beginning, and also clause 29, show the correct position.)