On 05/27/2016 12:27 AM, Chris Bennett wrote:
This question has probably been asked before, but a lot has changed
since then.
I want to buy a new one, sent to the USA. Looked at Amazon briefly. Not
sure if there may be a better place to order from.
I don't want keyboard stickers that I saw.
Right now I do almost everything in English and either grab a Spanish
keyboard or use setxkbmap es and just remember what key is what.
Is setxkbmap ru going to do the trick or will I need to do something
else also or instead?
Any advice on what to be sure to find or not find on a keyboard?
Thanks,
Chris Bennett
I have written a lot of essays using the phonetic keyboard
provided by "setxkbmap ru phonetic" and find it works well
if you don't have a proper Russian keyboard. There are some
irritations though, most of which you'll get used to quickly.
Not every Russian character has a direct English counterpart, so
you may have to hunt around a bit to find what you want.
The "sh" and "shsh" characters are the bracket keys, for example.
Some Russian letters are very similar in sound to an English one, but
aren't
mapped that way. The Russian "v" is mapped to the English "w" key, rather
than just using the English "v".
You'll spend a lot of time hitting the English "H" when you want a
Russian "n". ;)
Still, I have found this to be better than either trying to remember the
Russian
Windows layout mentally or dealing with stickers that never stay on the
keys.
