Re: Seeking help with xkbcomp

2014-04-26 Thread Blake McBride
Dear Andreas, Thanks you very much!! That worked!! I should be able to map all the other keys now. That was a great help! Thank you! Blake On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 11:04 AM, wrote: > > Is there anyway you could give me similar (complete) instructions for > > using the control key? > > To

Re: Seeking help with xkbcomp

2014-04-26 Thread wettstae
> Is there anyway you could give me similar (complete) instructions for > using the control key? To get a startfrom.xkb with the right control key as level5 chooser, run: setxkbmap -print us -option -option lv3:ralt_switch -option lv5:rwin_switch_lock | sed -e s/rwin_switch_lock/rctrl_switch/

Re: Seeking help with xkbcomp

2014-04-26 Thread Blake McBride
Dear Andreas, Thanks! Unfortunately, the Unicomp APL keyboard has no "Windows" keys. Its layout is similar to the original IBM PC keyboard. What you gave me is perfect if it just used the control key. Is there anyway you could give me similar (complete) instructions for using the control key?

Re: Seeking help with xkbcomp

2014-04-26 Thread wettstae
> Thank you very much for the help. I tried what you provided but it did't > work for me. I think I need to change other parts of the file. The second proposal actually should work without further changes, but maybe you test the layout with an application that does not handle Control as a level c

Re: tilde key doesn't work as deadkey

2014-04-26 Thread wettstae
> after I upgraded Ubuntu from 13.10 to 14.04 I can't type letters with > a makron on top like for instance 'ā' with the 'AltGr' + 'Shift' + '+' > - shortcut which worked before. There was a change in xkeyboard-config more than a year ago that made the tilde in the default German layout non-dead,

tilde key doesn't work as deadkey

2014-04-26 Thread robert winter
Hi, after I upgraded Ubuntu from 13.10 to 14.04 I can't type letters with a makron on top like for instance 'ā' with the 'AltGr' + 'Shift' + '+' - shortcut which worked before. Now I get '¯a', so the 4th level on the tilde key doesn't work as deadkey any longer. I have no idea how to solve th