Keyboard problem

[Johnny Rosenberg]

Den 2011-01-22 12:56:42 skrev Freddy Van Ingelgom <freddyek at gmail.com>:

> Thanks Johnny, I changed keyboard settings by choosing "Belgique autre"  
> and
> everything returned back to normal. It was my misuntherstanding of
> "eliminate dead keys" which does exactly the opposite of wath I expected!
> Thanks also to Goh Lip for this usefull link!
> Kind regards,
>
> Freddy

You're welcome. I'm glad that I could help.


-- 
Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg



> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Johnny Rosenberg
> <gurus.knugum at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Den 2011-01-22 00:39:57 skrev Freddy Van Ingelgom <freddyek at gmail.com>:
>>
>>
>>  I installed Ubuntu 10.10 French version, with Belgian keyboard  
>> "eliminate
>>> dead keys". Until version 10.04 of Ubuntu I had no probem with my
>>> keyboard:
>>> since 10.10 I have this ^e when I try to insert a e with the ^ on top  
>>> of
>>> it.
>>> Anyone of you has a clue of how to resolv this problem?
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>> Freddy
>>>
>>
>> Isn't that what ”eliminate dead keys” mean? If you have dead keys, you  
>> can
>> create things like ê by first hitting ^ and then e, but that shouldn't  
>> be
>> possible with the ”eliminate dead keys” layout, should it?
>>
>> Anyway, this can be done anyway by using the compose key, if you really
>> want to use the ”elimintate dead keys” layout:
>> http://www.hermit.org/Linux/ComposeKeys.html
>>
>> You set up your compose key here:
>> Open the keyboard layout dialogue, then click ”Options…” and look for
>> somethng like ”Position for the compose key”. I set mine to Caps Lock,  
>> but
>> there are other options.
>>
>> --
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Johnny Rosenberg