Re: Locales, Keyboard Layouts
On 2016-06-10, Levi S. Darrell wrote: > On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 11:31:57PM -0500, David Wright wrote: >> >> I would have thought that you would put XKBLAYOUT="fr,latam" in your >> /etc/default/keyboard which gives you deadkeys by default. That's >> for X itself (I know nothing about LXDE) but also the VCs. >> >> dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration will update the VC keyboards. >> I always run dpkg-reconfigure console-setup at the same time because >> I sometimes forget which configures what. >> >> HOWEVER, only run those two commands when X isn't running. At all. >> Not in a VC that you reached with Ctrl + Alt + F[1-6]. If X is >> running, all sorts of weirdnesses result. This might be the answer >> to your other posting. >> >> Cheers, David. >> > > Thank you very much for this suggestion. They keyboard layouts are now > working swimmingly from the bash shell. Now the problem is getting > them to work in LXDE when I start X Server. I will consult LXDE's > documentation. > > Regards, > > Levi > See the relevant Debian doumentation[1], in the particular the section "How does it propagate to X?". 1: https://pkg-xorg.alioth.debian.org/howto/configure-input.html -- Liam
Re: Locales, Keyboard Layouts
On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 11:31:57PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > I would have thought that you would put XKBLAYOUT="fr,latam" > in your /etc/default/keyboard which gives you deadkeys by default. > That's for X itself (I know nothing about LXDE) but also the VCs. > > dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration > will update the VC keyboards. I always run > dpkg-reconfigure console-setup > at the same time because I sometimes forget which configures what. > > HOWEVER, only run those two commands when X isn't running. > At all. Not in a VC that you reached with Ctrl + Alt + F[1-6]. > If X is running, all sorts of weirdnesses result. > This might be the answer to your other posting. > > Cheers, > David. > Thank you very much for this suggestion. They keyboard layouts are now working swimmingly from the bash shell. Now the problem is getting them to work in LXDE when I start X Server. I will consult LXDE's documentation. Regards, Levi
Re: Locales, Keyboard Layouts
On Thu 09 Jun 2016 at 10:56:44 (-0600), Levi Darrell wrote: > I am using the lxde desktop environment with xorg. I have installed the > "Keyboard Layout Handler" applet, and I am attempting to use the French and > Latin American keyboard layouts. Single-keystroke characters, such as ñ οr > ç work just fine, but I am having difficulty inputting characters which > require multiple keystrokes, such as á, í, ú, ó, ö, ï, ü, ê, â, î, ô, û, > etc. > > When everything is working properly, these characters can be produced > without the use of a Compose or AltGr key. They are composed of a > two-keystroke combination of the accent mark--^, ¨; ´, etc.-- and the > letter. Strangely, these keystroke combinations work just fine in > LibreOffice Writer, but when I try to input them into a web browser or > terminal shell emulator they look like this instead: ´i, ´e, ´u, ´a, ´o, > ^e, ^o, ^a, ^u, etc. > > How can I get these keyboard layouts to function properly? I would have thought that you would put XKBLAYOUT="fr,latam" in your /etc/default/keyboard which gives you deadkeys by default. That's for X itself (I know nothing about LXDE) but also the VCs. dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration will update the VC keyboards. I always run dpkg-reconfigure console-setup at the same time because I sometimes forget which configures what. HOWEVER, only run those two commands when X isn't running. At all. Not in a VC that you reached with Ctrl + Alt + F[1-6]. If X is running, all sorts of weirdnesses result. This might be the answer to your other posting. Cheers, David.
Locales, Keyboard Layouts
Hi Debian Users List, I am using the lxde desktop environment with xorg. I have installed the "Keyboard Layout Handler" applet, and I am attempting to use the French and Latin American keyboard layouts. Single-keystroke characters, such as ñ οr ç work just fine, but I am having difficulty inputting characters which require multiple keystrokes, such as á, í, ú, ó, ö, ï, ü, ê, â, î, ô, û, etc. When everything is working properly, these characters can be produced without the use of a Compose or AltGr key. They are composed of a two-keystroke combination of the accent mark--^, ¨; ´, etc.-- and the letter. Strangely, these keystroke combinations work just fine in LibreOffice Writer, but when I try to input them into a web browser or terminal shell emulator they look like this instead: ´i, ´e, ´u, ´a, ´o, ^e, ^o, ^a, ^u, etc. How can I get these keyboard layouts to function properly? Regards, Levi
