symbols: remove several comments that make no sense any more

And transform a few others into a more useful form.

25 files changed, 11 insertions, 69 deletions

diff --git a/symbols/al b/symbols/al
index 2ed4242a..4b0a31da 100644
--- a/symbols/al
+++ b/symbols/al
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-// based on
-// albanian keyboard layout
-// done by Pablo Saratxaga <pablo@mandrakesoft.com>
-//
-
+// Albanian keyboard layout, by Pablo Saratxaga <pablo@mandrakesoft.com>.
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/am b/symbols/am
index 3d28e0c2..5c7fb4af 100644
--- a/symbols/am
+++ b/symbols/am
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/am' file
-
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/at b/symbols/at
index 96fc816d..a195e946 100644
--- a/symbols/at
+++ b/symbols/at
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/de' file
-
 default
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/be b/symbols/be
index da400381..11431971 100644
--- a/symbols/be
+++ b/symbols/be
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/be' file
-
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/by b/symbols/by
index 8457e466..edfced73 100644
--- a/symbols/by
+++ b/symbols/by
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-// based on
-// belarusian standard keyboard
-// Alexander Mikhailian <mikhailian@altern.org>
+// Belarusian standard keyboard, by Alexander Mikhailian <mikhailian@altern.org>.
 // Reworked to use winkeys by default and russian keymap as base by Paul Lubetsky <vegeek@gmail.com>
 // Added Belarusian-Russian and Russian-Belarusian variants, by Pavel Senchanka <pavel.senchanka@gmail.com>
 // See freedesktop.org bug #23604
@@ -30,8 +28,6 @@ xkb_symbols "legacy" {
 	key <BKSL> {        [       backslash,             bar      ]       };
 };
 
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/iso3335-3' file
-
 partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "latin" {
 	include "latin"
diff --git a/symbols/ca b/symbols/ca
index 41a914f4..8b7000ec 100644
--- a/symbols/ca
+++ b/symbols/ca
@@ -261,10 +261,7 @@ xkb_symbols "multi-2gr" {
     key <AB10>	{ [ NoSymbol, dead_abovedot ]	};
 };
 
-// based on
-// Inuktitut keyboard for X11
-// written by Pablo Saratxaga <pablo@mandrakesoft.com>
-
+// Inuktitut keyboard layout, by Pablo Saratxaga <pablo@mandrakesoft.com>.
 alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "ike" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/cd b/symbols/cd
index e5b09e8a..715d086b 100644
--- a/symbols/cd
+++ b/symbols/cd
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-// based on us_intl keyboard map file and a Sinhala keyboard map
-// version 0.3
-
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/de b/symbols/de
index 6bdb373b..6249709b 100644
--- a/symbols/de
+++ b/symbols/de
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/de' file
-
 default
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/dk b/symbols/dk
index ef4e6201..8d231eea 100644
--- a/symbols/dk
+++ b/symbols/dk
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/dk' file
-
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/ee b/symbols/ee
index db668a5b..3420f6b0 100644
--- a/symbols/ee
+++ b/symbols/ee
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-// based on
-// Estonian XKB-keymap by Ville Hallik <ville@linux.ee>
-//
-
+// Estonian keyboard layout, by Ville Hallik <ville@linux.ee>.
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/gb b/symbols/gb
index 33fd222a..0a286251 100644
--- a/symbols/gb
+++ b/symbols/gb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/gb' file
-
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/il b/symbols/il
index 5a4e2680..616d9f0a 100644
--- a/symbols/il
+++ b/symbols/il
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/il' file
-
 // This is an implemetation of the Israeli standard SI-1452 (2013)
 // It does not implement changes to the English layout, as that part
 // of the standard is not normative nor really useful in the context
diff --git a/symbols/in b/symbols/in
index b5c8a5e9..84afe400 100644
--- a/symbols/in
+++ b/symbols/in
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 // - Ol Chiki:
 //    http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05243r-n2984-ol-chiki.pdf (fig. 9)
 
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/dev' file
-
 // Devangari is the default. Kill me if I am wrong:)
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "deva" {
@@ -177,8 +175,6 @@ xkb_symbols "bolnagri" {
     include "rupeesign(4)"
 };
 
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/ben' file
-
 partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "ben" {
     name[Group1]= "Bangla (India)";
@@ -1053,8 +1049,7 @@ xkb_symbols "ori" {
     include "level3(ralt_switch)"
 };
 
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/tml' file
-// INSCRIPT
+
 partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "tam" {
       name[Group1]= "Tamil (Inscript)";
@@ -1524,8 +1519,6 @@ xkb_symbols "urd-winkeys" {
     name[Group1]= "Urdu (Windows)";
 };
 
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/gur' file
-
 partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "guru" {
       name[Group1]= "Punjabi (Gurmukhi)";
diff --git a/symbols/is b/symbols/is
index 4eaa3afd..95116a3b 100644
--- a/symbols/is
+++ b/symbols/is
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-// based on
-// XKB keyboard by Hrafnkell Eiriksson - hkelle@rhi.hi.is
+// Icelandic keyboard layout, by Hrafnkell Eiriksson - hkelle@rhi.hi.is
 //     fixes by Olafur Osvaldsson - oli@isnic.is
 //
 // "basic" corrected according to the Icelandic standard for keyboards,
diff --git a/symbols/it b/symbols/it
index 287afe45..e02f54d2 100644
--- a/symbols/it
+++ b/symbols/it
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/it' file
 // 17 May 2003 Modified by Sebastiano Vigna (vigna@dsi.unimi.it)
 // 03 December 2017 - Added it(intl) and it(scn), please refer to
 //                    Cadèmia Siciliana <l10n@cademiasiciliana.org>
diff --git a/symbols/latam b/symbols/latam
index 93ddfa4a..8c779003 100644
--- a/symbols/latam
+++ b/symbols/latam
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-// based on a keyboard
-// Modified for a real Latin American Keyboard by Fabian Mandelbaum
-
+// Modified for a real Latin American keyboard by Fabian Mandelbaum.
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/mk b/symbols/mk
index 6fe22572..7e168eda 100644
--- a/symbols/mk
+++ b/symbols/mk
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// based on keyboard map:
 // Author: Damjan Georgievski <penguinista AT mail.net.mk>
 // Revision: 1.5
 
diff --git a/symbols/mn b/symbols/mn
index f455dee8..344482ee 100644
--- a/symbols/mn
+++ b/symbols/mn
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-// based on:
-// Mongolian standard keyboard
+// Based on the Mongolian standard keyboard.
 // Author Sanlig Badral <badral@chinggis.com>
 // 2002/12/7 Version 1.0
 
diff --git a/symbols/no b/symbols/no
index 6cb1b941..600cf231 100644
--- a/symbols/no
+++ b/symbols/no
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/no' file
-
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/np b/symbols/np
index ee13b933..1755a1d9 100644
--- a/symbols/np
+++ b/symbols/np
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/dev' file
-
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/pl b/symbols/pl
index fd223357..79faa2f2 100644
--- a/symbols/pl
+++ b/symbols/pl
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/pl' file
-
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/se b/symbols/se
index 5060f6dd..aa737bde 100644
--- a/symbols/se
+++ b/symbols/se
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/se' file
-
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
     include "latin(type2)"
diff --git a/symbols/th b/symbols/th
index 77d9ec90..35883f0a 100644
--- a/symbols/th
+++ b/symbols/th
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/th' file
-
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {
     name[Group1]= "Thai";
diff --git a/symbols/us b/symbols/us
index 7b558cec..4e0e9e21 100644
--- a/symbols/us
+++ b/symbols/us
@@ -197,8 +197,6 @@ xkb_symbols "alt-intl" {
   include "level3(ralt_switch)"
 };
 
-// based on a keyboard map from an 'xkb/symbols/dk' file
-
 partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "dvorak" {
 
diff --git a/symbols/vn b/symbols/vn
index aa009fe4..407115ff 100644
--- a/symbols/vn
+++ b/symbols/vn
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-// based on:
-// vn,  TCVN 5712:1993
-// Le Hong Boi <le.hong.boi@bigfoot.com>
+// Vietnamese keyboard layout, somehow based on TCVN 5712:1993.
+// Originally by Le Hong Boi <le.hong.boi@bigfoot.com>
 // August 1999
 // Further modified by Ashley Clark <aclark@debian.org>
 // July 2000 for X 4.0
-// Fix accents into combining marks by Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
+// Changed accents into combining marks by Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
 // July 2009
 
-
 default partial alphanumeric_keys
 xkb_symbols "basic" {