Le lundi 21 juin 2010 à 18:42 +0200, Josselin Mouette a écrit : > Le lundi 21 juin 2010 à 18:29 +0200, Julien Valroff a écrit : > > > Yes, this is the point of the Cedilla input method, which is the default > > > for French. > > > > Why this default? It seems a bit strange, especially as French keyboards > > already have a direct ç key. > > Here is a comment from the Cedilla source. > > /* The difference between this and the default input method is the handling > * of C+acute - this method produces C WITH CEDILLA rather than C WITH ACUTE. > * For languages that use CCedilla and not acute, this is the preferred > mapping, > * and is particularly important for pt_BR, where the us-intl keyboard is > * used extensively. > > I think the same holds for French people using US keyboards.
You are right, but I guess the large majority of French people use French keyboards, don't you think? Input method should also be configurable on a per user basis (maybe in gnome-keyboard-properties for GNOME), or system wide at least via a configuration file. Cheers, Julien -- Julien Valroff <[email protected]> http://www.kirya.net GPG key: 4096R/290D20C5 092F 4CB5 5F19 E006 1CFD B489 D32B 8D66 290D 20C5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
