> It is not that easy:
> 
> Maps are recursive. For example to get the Map "de.nodead" the map "us" is
> loaded. Then the Map "de" is merged. Then the Map "de.nodead" is merged.

Yes. And if we would load only full maps? This requires that we make all
maps independent -- providing all used keycodes for every keymap.

> It will be difficult to only keep the needed maps based on a config option.
> 
> At this moment wskbdmap_mfii.c supports 10 languages with variants. The
> tables use only 2720 bytes. I'm still in favour of option 2).

Yeah, I also think that the size is no problem.

Hmm, now I don't know. Should I *inofficially* try something and of course
report it if I get something usuable?