* J.S.Sahambi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am using Debian/unstable with English language. Occasionaly, I need to > write letters in Deutsch. I would like to know how to write german > umlauts and other Deutsch specific characters while still having a > english version of Mozilla-mail. > There are a number of keymaps available to any debian user in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/
specifically de and de_CH (Swiss). Simply type in a terminal 'setxkbmap de' and your keyboard will be German. To revert to (for instance) a US keyboard, type 'setkbmap us'. I have such commands in my shell rc (.zshrc) aliased, e.g alias de='setxkbmap de' and alias us='setxkbmap=de'. This is all due to advances made by XFree86. The old days are gone, it's easy now. And if you wish, you can write new keymaps for yourself in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols such that the specific German characters are easily available without the brackets and slashes being moved away from where you expect them to be. Happy mapping, Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
