On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:58:34 -0500, hvw59601 wrote: > I want to enter accented characters in a text console (not in X!). I > used to do it because I have the files that show them, but I have no > idea how I did that. > > The keyboard is a US keyboard. > > At the moment /etc/default/keyboard shows: > > XKBMODEL="pc105" > XKBLAYOUT="us" > XKBVARIANT="intl" > #XKBVARIANT="" > XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch,compose:rctrl,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > > BACKSPACE="guess" > > Hitting the ' key just produces the ' character.
That sound right, you need to add a vowel, e.g.: "'" + "a" will return an accented "á" > Compose key + ' produces a beep. > > Cntrl + . then ' and any other character produces a ÿ. > > /etc/locale.gen is set to en_US.ISO-8859-15 ISO-8859-15. Additional tips on how to compose things when using "us-intl", here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#US-International Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/jrvc2o$ibc$7...@dough.gmane.org
