I just had this problem the other day. I re-installed ubuntu studio on my laptop and I ended up with this crazy ' only happening when I typed it twice. If I typed 's it gave me a different character that kind of looked like 's but was some other character.
I apparently missed a character during the keyboard test during setup and it gave me a U.S. English International (with dead keys) default keyboard layout. You have to go to system-preferences keyboard and change the layout. It took some experimentation until I figured out which one I actually needed and I ended up with U.S. English and now it is fine. Larry Lines On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 08:46 -0700, Darrin Goodman wrote: > Nice! Thank you all for your help. I will check this out further > when I get home tonight. > > Although I studied French and German in my younger years, English is > really the only language that I am typing these days; I don't often > need to type accents, but I am frequently needing to use an apostrophe > or needing a single quote when writing code. > > Since I didn't find this feature in Ubuntu, I made the incorrect > assumption that this was a bug. > > Thanks again for all of your help! > > - Darrin > > > On Nov 28, 2007 5:33 AM, Luis de Bethencourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mine is below the ? key. > > ' -> without shift > > ? -> with shift > > > > Spanish keyboard. No clue why they make the international keyboards so > > different from each other. All the latin languages should have a > > similar one and they don't. Portuguese isn't that different from > > spanish. > > > > Luis > > > > > > On Nov 28, 2007 1:24 PM, Fernando M Lacerda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there! > > > > > > Seems like you don't want the "key composing" feature. If you want to > > > type ´ and get ´ with only one move, then you should disable "key > > > composing" on your "keyboard preferences". But you will be unable to > > > easily type the composed characters á é í ó ú à è ì ò ù ä ë ï ö ü ã õ > > > ñ... If this feature means nothing to you at all, this is all up to > > > you. > > > > > > But Luis is right, you should know the actual single quote is not the > > > ´ key, but the ' (mine is left from #1, I use a brazilian keyboard > > > layout). > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > Fernando M. Lacerda > > > > > > > > > On Nov 28, 2007 1:32 AM, Darrin Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > I´ve been using Ubuntu since Dapper (and have also used Kubuntu, > > > > Fluxbuntu, Nubuntu...) and have been using Ubuntu Studio now since it > > > > came out under Feisty last year. Never before have I seen this sort > > > > of behavior, but when I installed the Gutsy version of Ubuntu Studio, > > > > my single quote key on my laptop keyboard started misbehaving. > > > > > > > > Essentially, when I hit the single quote key, on the first click, > > > > nothing happens, or sometimes my computer will beep at me but it won´t > > > > print the quote. Usually, the single quote appears after the second > > > > click of the key. Also, the single quote is not the standard tick > > > > mark, but is rather a very sloped single quote. Not sure if the slope > > > > comes across or not in this email. ( ´ ) > > > > > > > > The machine is a Thinkpad X60. Anyone have any ideas? This is > > > > strange behavior. Thanks! > > > > > > > > - Darrin > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > > > > Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com > > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > > > Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Luis de Bethencourt Guimerá > > luisbg > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > GPG: B0ED1326 > > > > -- > > > > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > > Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > > > > > -- > . __o > ._ \ <, > (*)/,(*) > ----------------^----------^^-------------------------^---^--^^-^--------------------^^---------------- > Personally, I'd argue that MS is the dark side. Linux is > enlightenment. Obi-won would have used Linux. Yoda probably BSD > without GUI. Han would have used Sabayon (lots of glitz). Luke would > have used a Mac :) > -- Jim Hutchinson > -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
