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fredgt
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 Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 4:31 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Xorg typing characters signs with a qwerty keyboard |
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I have some questions. I have a qwerty keyboard but as i am belgian i need to be able to type some special characters that at this time i can't type (i think).
Characters i realy need are
- Euro sign.
- Special signs above a character (don't know what its called in English).
How do i get them working in Xorg?
If they work, how do i type them.
For information i use kde, so it might be possible to do this with the kde keyboard layout settings.
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i92guboj
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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This is a non-trivial question.
First, you need to set the convenient keymap into /etc/rc.conf. I know nothing about belgium keyboards. But the keymaps are all here: /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/
I dont know which of that files may be the one you are looking for, try to figure out.
Then to figure out the character in each key you may need some picture of a belgium keyboard, or better a real one, if you can borrow one.
Oh! That's called and accent, if we are talking about the same thing. I'm spanish, so I use also a modified keymap. With accents and the euro symbol. Most time the € (<-This is euro, in case it does not display correctly) is obtained by pressing Alt+E. If not you could maybe take a picture from the net or anything, to figure out where is each char in that keyboard.
Some of the character you may need (examples with vowel 'a' in case they display fine): à, á, â, ä... |
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ecthalion
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
First you must have configured your xorg.conf section keyboard, here is mine, I use slovak querty keyboard, and us keyboard :
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Option "XkbModel" "pc(pc102)"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,sk_qwerty"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
Option "XkbCompat" "basic+pc+iso9995"
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alt + shift 'll change the keyborad layout, I don't know how is it in KDE, there may by some nice tools to do it , but I use fluxbox, and this keys to change the layout
then you need to change the LC_ALL, and LANG variable, and if you want to use it only in open office , like i do , create a file like this :
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#!/bin/bash
export LANG="sk_SK.utf8"
export LC_ALL="sk_SK.utf8"
ooffice &
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then make it executable, and enjoy writing in oofice ....
If you want to use it in terminal, you must use unicode-able terminal, (like xterm), and utf 8 compilant programs , and have them compiled with unicode support.
You can use
to determine what locales you are using (i don't know what belgian's use).
will show you all avaliable locales on your system.
You may find lot of help on this topic at Gentoo Desktop Documentation Resources, section using utf-8 or something similar.
Bye |
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fredgt
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 10:35 am Post subject: |
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I solved the problem (partially) by using the us_intl layout. It's not the most easy layout when you're using a lot of ' and " characters so i will only switch to the intl layout when i need to.
I can type al the needed characters on my desktop but i have a problem with my laptop. It doesn't have a AltGr key. In windows i can use Ctrl+Alt as AltGr but this doesn't in linux. Is there a way i can fix this? |
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fredgt
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| Just for information : In Belgium we normally use a AZERTY keyboard but in most ICT-related companies and school a QWERTY layout is used. This is also the reason i am using a QWERTY layout and not a AZERTY. So i need these special characters that are not standard on a QWERTY keyboard. |
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i92guboj
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 10:45 am Post subject: |
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| fredgt wrote: | | Just for information : In Belgium we normally use a AZERTY keyboard but in most ICT-related companies and school a QWERTY layout is used. This is also the reason i am using a QWERTY layout and not a AZERTY. So i need these special characters that are not standard on a QWERTY keyboard. |
The special characters are not a azwerty thing. It just depends on the keyboard that you buy. I use qwerty and I do have all that characters printed on my keyboard. It's just one of the many wrong things that have the "standard" english layout.
Again, if someone can see it: "â ä à á Á €" And overall: "ññññññññññññññ!" |
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fredgt
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 11:11 am Post subject: |
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I know but as i always want to use the same QWERTY layout and it is not always that easy to find that the same layout, I always buy en_US qwerty keyboards as these are the easiest to find especially for laptops.
I have solved the problem with the AltGr. After looking into "KDE Keyboard Tool" (aka. kxkb) i've found an option that makes Alt+Ctrl act as a AltGr , Its somewhere in the "Xkb Options" tab. |
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