Gene Heskett <gene.heskett <at> verizon.net> writes: > Now, if someone could tell me how to coax my US keyboard into properly > spelling your name with the ommlauts over the o, I'd love it, ditto for > the beta and copyright signs. I could do that with my old amiga keyboard. > Hint hint... Sounds like: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=193922 (But why does that affect the US layout? The us layout should have the right alt set to <RALT>, which has compose enabled. Are you using us_intl with the nodeadkeys option? Because I guess if you used us_intl with dead keys on, you wouldn't ask this question.) The patch can be applied to the installed file /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/level3 (only modifiable by root, of course). The alternative is the us_intl layout with dead keys on, which makes the quote work as a dead key, so "o gives you ö. (Press quote and space to get a quote.) You may find that annoying long term though. Kevin Kofler