On Thursday 07 September 2006 04:05, Kevin Kofler wrote: >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. Probably moreso than the workaround I just found. This is kde-3.3.0 here, and in the menu "accessories->more accessories->KCharSelect", one can cause the clicked on characters to be placed in the clipboard for pasteing into a message, so that I can now spell Jörg correctly even if it takes 20 seconds to maneuver the menu's and do it. The default display size is too small and I have to drag resize the window it opens larger, which in turn scales the windows contents up to fit and makes the font readable. For one character at a time, or even a whole word by clicking on the desired chars, its a workaround. Too bad this stuff doesn't Just Work(®) by pressing the alt key and the right key for the desired char like it did on the old amiga keyboards. And its one reason a lot of folks tend to think that linux is a continual ßeta grade software. > Kevin Kofler -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
