On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 00:43, John Jason Jordan <joh...@comcast.net> wrote: > On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:47:44 -0700 > Carl Johnson <ca...@peak.org> dijo: > >>That is why we were talking about the Compose and AltGr keys. I have a >>US keyboard and I just press the Compose key followed by "s" and "s" to >>get ß. Similarly, I can press Compose "'" and "a" to get á. The AltGr >>key will also allow access to alternate values of individual keys by >>holding down the AltGr key and pressing another key. For the >>US-international layout, the AltGr-a combination will give á, AltGr-s >>gives ß, AltGr-/ gives ¿. I am using unicode, but it works for all >>characters that the charset and locale allow. > > I have a US keyboard and I do not have an AltGr key. I do have two Alt > keys, one on either side of the spacebar, but neither works as you > describe. However, in Linux Ctrl-Shift-u plus the unicode value enters > any character contained in the font. > > How did you get a US keyboard with an AltGr key?
It is *really* hard to find a US keyboard with it actually printed on the key, but any right-alt (or any other key, really) can be a altgr if you use something like this: XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch" or you can get compose with either: XKBOPTIONS="compose:ralt" or: XKBLAYOUT="us" XKBVARIANT="intl" (or you can use both with something like: XKBOPTIONS="compose:ralt, lv3:rwin_switch") If you like dead keys: XKBLAYOUT="us" XKBVARIANT="alt-intl" In current systems, these go in /etc/default/keyboard Older systems use xorg.conf. On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 00:52, Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday 08 September 2010 03:44:27 Doug wrote: >> How, in plain English, >> can one get foreign characters in Linux without using an international >> keyboard? > > I use skim; scim, I believe, if you do not have KDE. I have found ibus to be a bit robust than scim, and less finicky about ABI transition issues (since it isn't C++ and anyway uses DBus instead of internal communication). Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinw-dsjt_zh1tearviw3b4+bichvmmj-2qbc...@mail.gmail.com
