Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:2.10.2-1
Severity: normal
gnome-keyboard-properties includes the following five options for keyboard
layout (among others):
- U.S. English
- International (with dead keys)
- U.S. English w/ dead keys
- U.S. English w/ ISO9995-3
- Eliminate dead keys
I don't really have any idea how these differ; how is "U.S. English
International (with dead keys)" different from "U.S. English w/ dead
keys"? Does "U.S. English w/ ISO9995-3" have dead keys? Why are these
five options grouped in three sections, instead of together in one?
Also, I know what dead keys are, but if I didn't, Gnome wouldn't tell me
(although Google will). I don't know what ISO9995-3 is, and in this case,
Google is no help either.
A picture of the keyboard is displayed with each option, but it appears
to be the same, giving no basis for choosing one layout over another.
It would be very helpful if someone who understands how these keyboard
layouts differ renamed them in Gnome to make the choices clear. It
would also be helpful if Gnome included an explanation of dead keys.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (400, 'experimental'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii capplets-data 1:2.10.2-1 configuration applets for GNOME 2
ii desktop-file-utils 0.10-1 Utilities for .desktop files
ii gnome-desktop-data 2.10.2-1 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.10.1-2 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gnome-menus 2.10.2-1 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libbonobo2-0 2.10.1-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.10.1-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.3.5-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libesd0 0.2.36-1 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.12.1-5 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt11 1.2.2-1 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 1:2.5.1-2 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-desktop-2 2.10.2-1 Utility library for loading .deskt
ii libgnome-keyring0 0.4.5-1 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome-menu0 2.10.2-1 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii libgnome2-0 2.10.1-1 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.10.2-2 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.10.1-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.12.2-1 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgnutls11 1.0.16-14 GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii libgpg-error0 1.1-4 library for common error values an
ii libgstreamer-plugins0.8- 0.8.11-2 Various GStreamer libraries and li
ii libgstreamer0.8-0 0.8.11-2 Core GStreamer libraries, plugins,
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-11 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libmetacity0 1:2.10.3-2 Common library of lightweight GTK2
ii liborbit2 1:2.12.4-1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Session Management
ii libstartup-notification0 0.8-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libtasn1-2 0.2.17-1 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxklavier10 2.0-0.2 X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii libxml2 2.6.22-2 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxss1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Screen Saver client-side library
ii xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii gnome-session 2.10.0-8 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii gnome2-user-guide 2.8.1-2 GNOME 2 User's Guide
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