On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 14:59, Howard Eisenberger <howa...@gmx.net> wrote: > On 2009-11-23, Frank Küster wrote: > >> I have a Thinkpad T43p which has a quite complete keyboard, and it comes >> with US layout. Which I like. However, I'd also like to be able to >> easily input german Umlauts. I don't like the compose approach, it >> needs too much keypressing for fast typing. Instead I want to use the >> AltGr key to turn AltGr+a to ä, AltGr+A to Ä and so forth. >> >> In lenny this worked fine. Now I have upgraded to unstable, and it >> stopped working. I'm writing here to get some help. > >> in xorg.conf, I used this definition for my keyboard: >> >> Section "InputDevice" >> Option "XkbOptions" "compose:caps,lv3:ralt_switch_multikey,eurosign:e" >> EndSection >> >> Any hints how I should proceed? > > You might want to have a look at the setxkbmap command. > > I do use compose and previously had this line in the "Input Device" > Section in my old xorg.conf > > Option "XkbOptions" "compose:menu" > > My current xorg.conf doesn't have an "Input Device" Section at all > and I have this line in the startup script for my x-session-manager > (openbox-session) > > setxkbmap -model evdev -option compose:menu > > I suppose it depends on how you start X as to where you would put > this. Someone else may be able to help with that. As far as I know, > you can run setxkbmap in an x-terminal to test it.
In newer versions, you can put stuff like that in /etc/default/console-setup or most recently in /etc/default/keyboard This works on TTYs and X. e.g. from my /etc/default/keyboard : XKBMODEL="jp106" XKBLAYOUT="jp,us" XKBVARIANT="OADG109A,intl" XKBOPTIONS="grp:shift_toggle,ctrl:nocaps" OP might need the intl or alt-intl variant of the us layout. I think alt-intl uses deadkeys, while intl has some AltGr forms and some deadkeys. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
