Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-25 Thread David Wright
FN for everyone else, would be rather wasteful. > And I was talking about actual keys we should have more of, not yet > another way (or layer) to modify what the existing keys do. If you > remember the ZX Spectrum, you may also remember how it was infamous > for having all kinds of th

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-21 Thread hw
how it was infamous for having all kinds of things on every key, and some modifier keys to summon all the stuff that was on the keys. People didn't like it back then and probably wouldn't like now even less. > > > > > > We're still trying to figure out keyboards man

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-21 Thread David Wright
e a US keyboard: I use two or three GB keyboards too. > Just see the example above with multiple keyboards connected at the > same time. If my desk were larger, it would make sense for me to have > both a German and an US keyboard connected at the same time, each with > their own layout.

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-12 Thread hw
On Sun, 2024-02-11 at 10:35 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 07 Feb 2024 at 06:58:39 (+0100), hw wrote: > > [...] > > > It's also obvious that "change the keyboard layout" is ambiguous, > > > and you didn't intend to mean switching between two layo

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-11 Thread David Wright
> If that concerned you unduly, you could have put that in the Subject > > line. > > It doesn't concern me. > > > It's also obvious that "change the keyboard layout" is ambiguous, > > and you didn't intend to mean switching between two layouts.

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-07 Thread John Hasler
Greg writes: > To "change the keyboard layout" could mean either to select a > different layout, or to modify an existing layout. In fact, I think > *most* people would assume the former. I think the possibility of *altering* the keyboard layout would not even occur to mos

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-07 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 06:58:39AM +0100, hw wrote: > On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 21:43 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > It's also obvious that "change the keyboard layout" is ambiguous, > > and you didn't intend to mean switching between two layouts. > > It&

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-06 Thread hw
line. It doesn't concern me. > It's also obvious that "change the keyboard layout" is ambiguous, > and you didn't intend to mean switching between two layouts. It's not at all obvious, and it's not really ambiguous. Changing the keyboard layout has al

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-06 Thread David Wright
ll the time; you brought Xorg up instead. If that concerned you unduly, you could have put that in the Subject line. It's also obvious that "change the keyboard layout" is ambiguous, and you didn't intend to mean switching between two layouts. > Keyboards are around for more

solved: How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-06 Thread hw
On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 01:37 -0500, Brian Sammon wrote: > On Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:06:30 +0100 > hw wrote: > > > Yes, it's a misunderstanding: How can we change the keyboard layout? > > [...] > https://medium.com/@canadaduane/key-remapping-in-linux-2021-edition-473209

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-06 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I had my share of discussions back then (before Wayland) in the > context of GNOME and I don't need that again. Discussions are tiresome, yes. Knowing it won't go well, it's important to keep them short. > But do keep your optimism: that's what makes the world better. I'm not very optimistic.

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-06 Thread hw
On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 11:28 +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > hw wrote: > > On Mon, 2024-02-05 at 14:34 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > [...] > > > "The German layout differs from the English (US and UK) layouts in > > > four major ways: > > > > It's missing out on yet another majo

Re: Of German keycap translations [was: How can we change the keyboard layout?]

2024-02-06 Thread hw
On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 13:32 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 01:07:24PM +0100, Ralph Aichinger wrote: > > [...] > > > But translating "Ctrl" to "Strg" (if you do not read it as "String > > or even "Strange" as some people do) is not one of these [...] > > Funny. I always

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-06 Thread hw
On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 01:37 -0500, Brian Sammon wrote: > On Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:06:30 +0100 > hw wrote: > > > Yes, it's a misunderstanding: How can we change the keyboard layout? > > I recently dug into this because I am running Debian on a > Chromebook, and I

Of German keycap translations [was: How can we change the keyboard layout?]

2024-02-06 Thread tomas
On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 01:07:24PM +0100, Ralph Aichinger wrote: [...] > But translating "Ctrl" to "Strg" (if you do not read it as "String > or even "Strange" as some people do) is not one of these [...] Funny. I always read it as "Strangulieren"... =:-o Cheers -- t signature.asc Descripti

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-06 Thread debian-user
Brian Sammon wrote: > On Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:06:30 +0100 > hw wrote: > > > Yes, it's a misunderstanding: How can we change the keyboard > > layout? > > I recently dug into this because I am running Debian on a Chromebook, > and I wanted to map the Google-ke

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-06 Thread hw
to me. I have tried and failed > to remap them. The keys produce two keycodes and I couldn't work out > how to map that to a single insert. That is another good example that we need to be able to change the keyboard layout. When these strange keys create scan codes and you're using

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-06 Thread debian-user
page, you'll see that umlaut keys are mentioned as the second of the four ways. > The Umlaute take whole keys for themselves like other letters, and > since there aren't any more keys on the keyboard, they replace other > characters which contributes to the German keyboard layo

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-06 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Loris Bennett wrote: > As many have pointed out, it is short for 'Steuerung', but I have met > many Germans who refer to this key as 'String'. I am not sure why BASIC ? Or the popular bundle theory: [Strg] (= [Ctrl]) means "String", [AltGr] (= right side [Alt]) means "Altgriechisch" (= anci

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-06 Thread tomas
On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 11:35:34AM +0100, hw wrote: [...] > > Chances are that someone has an entirely workable suggestion, if not > > an outright solution [...] > It's not unusual that people don't like to hear the truth. I was following this thread with some interest. Now, I'm out. Cheers --

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-06 Thread hw
On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 09:17 +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 6 Feb 2024 00:11 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw): > > and for almost 30 years we had > > to manually switch on NumLock every time we started an X11 session > > numlockx has been around since _at least_ 2002, so over 20 years. > Dep

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-06 Thread hw
y. We're still trying to figure out keyboards manually. Instead of improvements, we now have come so far that we even can't do that at all now. > > [...] > > Xorg doesn't seem to be maintained anymore and is on the way out. > > > > So how do you change the k

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-06 Thread Loris Bennett
lmost certainly reconfigurable >> > > because otherwise everyone would be stuck with the exact same keyboard >> > > layout, which would make for a rather poor internationalization/ >> > > localization experience. >> > >> > We are stuck with it :( Last

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-06 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 6 Feb 2024 00:11 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw): > and for almost 30 years we had > to manually switch on NumLock every time we started an X11 session numlockx has been around since _at least_ 2002, so over 20 years. Depending on your exact definition of "almost 30 years" that leaves a gap

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-05 Thread Brian Sammon
On Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:06:30 +0100 hw wrote: > Yes, it's a misunderstanding: How can we change the keyboard layout? I recently dug into this because I am running Debian on a Chromebook, and I wanted to map the Google-key (located next to the A key, where you usually expect Caps-Lock t

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-05 Thread tomas
On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 12:24:32AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I'm not aware of any projects aimed at recreating mature, traditional > > working environments in Wayland. Maybe they exist and I'm simply not > > aware of them. Maybe nobody who's capable of developing such an > > environment ha

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I'm not aware of any projects aimed at recreating mature, traditional > working environments in Wayland. Maybe they exist and I'm simply not > aware of them. Maybe nobody who's capable of developing such an > environment has the motivation to do so. I'm afraid X11 users should make an effort t

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
> > So how do you change the keyboard layout when using wayland? > > I've no idea. I don't seem to have noticed that X is on the way out. At this point, I believe there are folks who *believe* that Wayland is the future, and that everyone should switch to it sooner rath

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-05 Thread David Wright
On Tue 06 Feb 2024 at 00:11:43 (+0100), hw wrote: > On Mon, 2024-02-05 at 20:59 +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 5 Feb 2024 21:06 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw): > > > [...] > > > --- and then I need to be able to change the keyboard layout in > > >

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-05 Thread Max Nikulin
On 06/02/2024 03:59, Michael Kjörling wrote: Pretty sure /etc/default/keyboard has been a thing on Debian for just about forever. GNOME developers decided that they do not want to support all "bells and whistles" of XKB, e.g. layout switch using CapsLock and Shift+CapsLock. So some features c

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-05 Thread hw
On Mon, 2024-02-05 at 20:59 +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 5 Feb 2024 21:06 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw): > > [...] > > --- and then I need to be able to change the keyboard layout in > > wayland sessions unless I use an US keyboard. But I only have one > >

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-05 Thread hw
ce there aren't any more keys on the keyboard, they replace other characters which contributes to the German keyboard layout being rather awkward and difficult to use. Whoever created it has completely overlooked that computers aren't typewriters. And it's very bad not to ha

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout?

2024-02-05 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 5 Feb 2024 21:06 +0100, from h...@adminart.net (hw): > Picking from/adding a bunch of available keyboard layouts is an > entirely obsolete feature. I never need that. I only need to be able > to change the keyboard layout after picking one once in the installer. > > In cas

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-05 Thread Ralph Aichinger
On Mon, 2024-02-05 at 21:06 +0100, hw wrote: > And what the hell is 'Strg' supposed to mean? "Strg" is short for "Steuerung", just the literal translation of "control". /ralph

Re: How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-05 Thread David Wright
r actions, and that way is almost certainly reconfigurable > > > > because otherwise everyone would be stuck with the exact same keyboard > > > > layout, which would make for a rather poor internationalization/ > > > > localization experience. > > > >

How can we change the keyboard layout? (was: what keyboard do you use?)

2024-02-05 Thread hw
and. > > > > > > Or whatever the equivalent in Wayland (or GNOME) might be. Either way, > > > surely there must be _some_ way to map (sets of) keyboard scan codes > > > to symbols or actions, and that way is almost certainly reconfigurable > > > because othe

Re: Changing keyboard layout fails

2024-01-08 Thread Russell L. Harris
k and qwerty layouts including doing multiple reboots without effect. I also tried installing the console-data package which was recommended elsewhere and set qwerty layout without effect. I'm flat out of ideas as to why the keyboard layout will not change. Anyone know how to change the keyboard

Changing keyboard layout fails

2024-01-08 Thread David Niklas
ct. I also tried installing the console-data package which was recommended elsewhere and set qwerty layout without effect. I'm flat out of ideas as to why the keyboard layout will not change. Anyone know how to change the keyboard layout on Debian? Thanks!

Re: [SOLVED] Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-27 Thread Michel Verdier
Le 27 mai 2023 Hans a écrit : > The entry "acer_laptop" worked always well, but I also tried "pc-105" during > the time of the > issue, which also did NOT work. it's "pc105", but that don't change anything

Re: [SOLVED] Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-27 Thread Hans
Am Samstag, 27. Mai 2023, 13:26:04 CEST schrieb Jörg-Volker Peetz: Hi Jörg, yes, of course, but I guess, it does not content any usefull information, because I checked it before at the time the issue was active. There is no differnce to the actual state. But anyway, here it is: snip ---

Re: [SOLVED] Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-27 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Could you show us the content of your /etc/default/keyboard ? Regards, Jörg.

Re: [SOLVED] Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-26 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2023-05-26 11:59:06 +0200, Hans wrote: [...] > But today, after I read the hint "try keyboard-setup.sh" and started my > system, the keyboard layout was ok! > > NOTE: I did NOT excute "keyboard-setup.sh", as things were ok!!! > > Doi not ask me why, may

[SOLVED] Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-26 Thread Hans
downloading and install I got a correct keyboard layout, but after reboot it was still back to "us". However, I then did "setupcon -k -f" , but got no success. Then I did "loadkeys de" to get the correct keyboard layout and tried "setupcon -k -f" again. Aft

Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Michel Verdier
Le 24 mai 2023 Hans a écrit : >> > I tried debian-reconfigure keyboard-configuration without success, >> > also deinstalled and reinstalled both without success. >> >> Try: >> dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration >> dpkg-reconfigure console-setup > > Tried before, but no success. Can you give

Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Pierre Tomon
Le Wed, 24 May 2023 17:28:09 +0200, Hans a écrit : > Tried before, but no success. Try this to see if it reports or apply something: systemctl status keyboard-setup systemctl restart keyboard-setup

Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Hans
Hi Cindy, > Hi, Hans.. Have you tried renaming cached-utf8.tmp to move it out of > the way to see if the system creates a new one? I rename the "." to > "DOT" when I do that. Other times I'll move my problem files to a > completely new, relatively "safe" directory, e.g. ~/Documents. Yes, removed -

Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 5/24/23, Hans wrote: > Dear list, > > there is a little problem, I am trying to fix. > > After upgrade to bookworm the keyboard layout has changed from German to US > > (de to us). > < snipped for relevance > > > Some thing I noticed at bootup: When the

Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 24. Mai 2023, 17:20:26 CEST schrieb Pierre Tomon: > Le Wed, 24 May 2023 16:53:09 +0200, > > Hans a écrit : > > I tried debian-reconfigure keyboard-configuration without success, > > also deinstalled and reinstalled both without success. > > Try: > dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configura

Re: After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Pierre Tomon
Le Wed, 24 May 2023 16:53:09 +0200, Hans a écrit : > I tried debian-reconfigure keyboard-configuration without success, > also deinstalled and reinstalled both without success. Try: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

After upgrade to bookworm: Keyboard layout

2023-05-24 Thread Hans
Dear list, there is a little problem, I am trying to fix. After upgrade to bookworm the keyboard layout has changed from German to US (de to us). I tried debian-reconfigure keyboard-configuration without success, also deinstalled and reinstalled both without success. Doing "loadkeys d

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-02-01 Thread Yvan Masson
écrit : Le 29/01/2020 à 14:50, Yvan Masson a écrit : However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: I would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to have the keyboard layout configured in French. I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-31 Thread Yvan Masson
Masson a écrit : However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: I would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to have the keyboard layout configured in French. I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr, layout=fr(latin9), language=fr, language

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-31 Thread john doe
0 à 18:16, MAS Jean-Louis a écrit : >>>>>> Le 29/01/2020 à 14:50, Yvan Masson a écrit : >>>>>> >>>>>>> However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer >>>>>>> name: I >>>>>>> would like t

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-31 Thread Yvan Masson
preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: I would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to have the keyboard layout configured in French. I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr, layout=fr(latin9), language=fr, language=fr_FR.UTF-8…) but could not find anything

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-31 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
t; Le 29/01/2020 à 14:50, Yvan Masson a écrit : > >>>> > >>>>> However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer > >>>>> name: I > >>>>> would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to > >>>&g

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-31 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
t;>> However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: I > >>>> would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to > >>>> have the keyboard layout configured in French. > >>>> > >>>> I have tr

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-31 Thread john doe
; However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer >>>>> name: I >>>>> would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to >>>>> have the keyboard layout configured in French. >>>>> >>>>> I

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-31 Thread Yvan Masson
French and more importantly to have the keyboard layout configured in French. I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr, layout=fr(latin9), language=fr, language=fr_FR.UTF-8…) but could not find anything working. After answering this question, preseed.cfg is loaded so language and keyboard layout

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-31 Thread john doe
in French and more importantly to >>> have the keyboard layout configured in French. >>> >>> I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr, layout=fr(latin9), >>> language=fr, language=fr_FR.UTF-8…) but could not find anything working. >>> >>> After

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-31 Thread Yvan Masson
Le 29/01/2020 à 18:16, MAS Jean-Louis a écrit : Le 29/01/2020 à 14:50, Yvan Masson a écrit : However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: I would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to have the keyboard layout configured in French. I have

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread john doe
fully with parameters `auto=true >>> url=tftp://my_server domain=mydomain`. >>> >>> However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: I >>> would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to >>> have the keyboard la

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread Yvan Masson
, installer asks for computer name: I would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to have the keyboard layout configured in French. I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr, layout=fr(latin9), language=fr, language=fr_FR.UTF-8…) but could not find anything working. After

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
s `auto=true > >> url=tftp://my_server domain=mydomain`. > >> > >> However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer > >> name: I would like this question to be asked in French and more > >> importantly to have the keyboard layout conf

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread MAS Jean-Louis
Le 29/01/2020 à 14:50, Yvan Masson a écrit : > However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: I > would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to > have the keyboard layout configured in French. > > I have tried many boot parame

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread Yvan Masson
preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: I would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to have the keyboard layout configured in French. I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr, layout=fr(latin9), language=fr, language=fr_FR.UTF-8…) but could not find anything working

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread john doe
sks for computer name: I > would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to > have the keyboard layout configured in French. > > I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr, layout=fr(latin9), > language=fr, language=fr_FR.UTF-8…) but could not find anythi

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
r computer name: > I would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly > to have the keyboard layout configured in French. > > I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr, layout=fr(latin9), > language=fr, language=fr_FR.UTF-8…) but could not find anything > w

Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread Yvan Masson
French and more importantly to have the keyboard layout configured in French. I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr, layout=fr(latin9), language=fr, language=fr_FR.UTF-8…) but could not find anything working. After answering this question, preseed.cfg is loaded so language and keyboard

Re: Keyboard layout reset when launching X under display managers

2019-07-17 Thread David Banks
ces xkb-options (All gleaned from the Debian keyboard wiki.) I wrote a reply to this before, but it got deleted. The culprit was ibus. The fix was: ibus-setup > Advanced > Use system keyboard layout. Dave

Re: Keyboard layout reset when launching X under display managers

2019-07-17 Thread Curt
quot; > > I am using Fluxbox without any configuration. When I launch Fluxbox > through GDM, my keyboard layout does not get applied. Inside fluxbox, > in a terminal I run "setxkbmap -query": > > rules: evdev > model: pc105 > layout: us >

Keyboard layout reset when launching X under display managers

2019-07-16 Thread David Banks
Hi, using Buster, I have my /etc/default/keyboard set up like this: XKBOPTIONS="pc105" XKBLAYOUT="gb" XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:nocaps" BACKSPACE="guess" XKBVARIANT="" I am using Fluxbox without any configuration. When I launch Fl

Re: xterm: cannot paste some "utf-8" unicode chars into xterm - was Re: custom keyboard layout - select and middle-click paste in xterm -lc

2017-09-14 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 09:28:22PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > 2) My problem is pasting into xterm some unicode characters (see the >question in my other email) - this is the part NOT working for me >- everything else is working really well (i.e., so I don't need to >use xmodmap at

xterm: cannot paste some "utf-8" unicode chars into xterm - was Re: custom keyboard layout - select and middle-click paste in xterm -lc

2017-09-14 Thread Zenaan Harkness
t; (backtick) - created a custom keyboard layout in > > > /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/... > > > > Further, I just copied the "us" file, gave it a custom name, and > > modified the first "key ..." line to read as follows: > > > > key { [ grave

Re: custom keyboard layout - select and middle-click paste in xterm -lc

2017-09-14 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 14.09.17 18:48, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 06:35:16PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > So I've mapped the function (mathematical) symbol to Level3-Shift + ` > > (backtick) - created a custom keyboard layout in > > /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/... &

Re: custom keyboard layout - select and middle-click paste in xterm -lc

2017-09-14 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 06:35:16PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > So I've mapped the function (mathematical) symbol to Level3-Shift + ` > (backtick) - created a custom keyboard layout in > /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/... Further, I just copied the "us" file, gave it a c

custom keyboard layout - select and middle-click paste in xterm -lc

2017-09-14 Thread Zenaan Harkness
So I've mapped the function (mathematical) symbol to Level3-Shift + ` (backtick) - created a custom keyboard layout in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/... The following locale is enabled: en_us.UTF-8 The character in utf-8 is as follows: ƒ (It should look like an italic lowercase letter f.)

Re: keyboard layout

2017-09-13 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 04:06:08PM +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > >can you describe a scenario around what you want? > > hello and thanks! > I study russian and with florence (virtual-keyboard) I'd like use it > with cyrillic chars but with english deskto

Re: keyboard layout

2017-09-13 Thread Pol Hallen
can you describe a scenario around what you want? hello and thanks! I study russian and with florence (virtual-keyboard) I'd like use it with cyrillic chars but with english desktop environment :) Pol

Re: keyboard layout

2017-09-13 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
Manual page about this topic is pretty much self-expalanatory. For an user only settings you have to create config files in you home directory.     $ man setupcon On 13.09.2017 18:40, Pol Hallen wrote: > Hello :-) > > I see that the command setxkbmap en change all keyboard system layout > > is the

Re: keyboard layout

2017-09-13 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 03:40:11PM +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > Hello :-) > > I see that the command setxkbmap en change all keyboard system layout No. It changes the X server's keyboard layout for a specific device [1], which kind

keyboard layout

2017-09-13 Thread Pol Hallen
Hello :-) I see that the command setxkbmap en change all keyboard system layout is there a way to change only an user layout? thanks for help! Pol

Re: macbook keyboard layout

2017-08-25 Thread solitone
On Friday, 25 August 2017 01:22:09 CEST Gene Heskett wrote: > Works fine ~ for EN, and utf8 here. On a MacBookPro 12,1 with italian keyboard works fine as well ~ (right-alt + ì) -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁Sent from my brain using neurons fueled by glucose. ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ ⠈⠳⣄

Re: macbook keyboard layout

2017-08-25 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:58:51AM +0800, ardawan wrote: Hi, unfortunately i am not able to get Tilde character work properly on Debian OS. I am using macbook pro retina 2015 and tried to key the keyboard layout in the settings to any available English option but still i get >or< inst

Re: macbook keyboard layout

2017-08-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 August 2017 23:58:51 ardawan wrote: > Hi, > > unfortunately i am not able to get Tilde character work properly on > Debian OS. I am using macbook pro retina 2015 and tried to key the > keyboard layout in the settings to any available English option but > still i g

macbook keyboard layout

2017-08-24 Thread ardawan
Hi, unfortunately i am not able to get Tilde character work properly on Debian OS. I am using macbook pro retina 2015 and tried to key the keyboard layout in the settings to any available English option but still i get >or< instead of Tilde and seems nothing changed after choosing dif

Re: Change keyboard layout with "Debian 8 Standard LiveCD"

2015-10-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 13 October 2015 23:47:34 pihu...@free.fr wrote: > I am trying "Debian Live 8.2.0 LiveCD" without desktop (ISO image: > "debian-live-8.2.0-amd64-standard.iso"). And I can't change the layout of > my keyboard. > I tried all the commands documented here (with 'user' and 'root' user): > http

Change keyboard layout with "Debian 8 Standard LiveCD"

2015-10-13 Thread pihug12
I am trying "Debian Live 8.2.0 LiveCD" without desktop (ISO image: "debian-live-8.2.0-amd64-standard.iso"). And I can't change the layout of my keyboard. I tried all the commands documented here (with 'user' and 'root' user): https://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard > (sudo) dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-co

keyboard layout in kde

2015-08-23 Thread Marcel Laqueur
Hey, can anyone tell me which package ins responsible for switching keyboard layouts in kde? (I'd like to file a bug report but don't know where; command line is working fine) Thanks in advance Marcel

Keyboard Layout changes after every boot

2015-01-22 Thread Bernhard Frühmesser
Hello, I have setup Debian Wheezy on an old MacBook of a friend. So far installation went find, during installation i choose MacBook/MacbookPro(Intl) for keyboard type, de for language and rwin-key for ALTGr. First everyting was find, but now after every boot the keyboard layout is US English

Re: Keyboard layout forces use of Fn function

2013-05-14 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Curt writes: > On 2013-05-12, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> >>> Have you tried >>> >>>[CTRL]+[NUMLOCK] to toggle the doohickey? >> I just tried, and it actually does the same effect as setxkbmap, >> resulting in a near-perfect keyboard behaviour

Re: Keyboard layout forces use of Fn function

2013-05-13 Thread Curt
On 2013-05-12, Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> Have you tried >> >>[CTRL]+[NUMLOCK] to toggle the doohickey? > I just tried, and it actually does the same effect as setxkbmap, > resulting in a near-perfect keyboard behaviour. > > I say `near-perfect' as these two solutions actually result in `

Re: Keyboard layout forces use of Fn function

2013-05-12 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Curt writes: > On 2013-05-02, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> >> However, the problem I encounter is that the keys which can be used for >> a Fn function (there is a Fn key on the keyboard) are always considered >> as in `Fn mode.' For example, on the `I'

Re: Keyboard layout forces use of Fn function

2013-05-09 Thread Curt
On 2013-05-02, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > However, the problem I encounter is that the keys which can be used for > a Fn function (there is a Fn key on the keyboard) are always considered > as in `Fn mode.' For example, on the `I' key, the Fn function would do > `5', and pressing `I' now results al

Re: Keyboard layout forces use of Fn function

2013-05-03 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Mr. Marjal, Well, there is no real number pad on the EEE pc. The problem happens for letters and also for non-letters keys. I tried NumLock and related things. What's really strange is that using setxkbmap results in a correct layout until the

Re: Keyboard layout forces use of Fn function

2013-05-03 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 10:21:00PM +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Hello, > > I've got an Asus EEE PC 1000 HE which works great for many years. Some > months ago, I installed Debian Lenny on it (standard install, nothing > special for Asus EEE PC). Not everything worked out of the box, but most > d

Keyboard layout forces use of Fn function

2013-05-02 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I've got an Asus EEE PC 1000 HE which works great for many years. Some months ago, I installed Debian Lenny on it (standard install, nothing special for Asus EEE PC). Not everything worked out of the box, but most did. The EEE PC keyboard worke

keyboard layout and led monitor.

2013-04-07 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day. I have to switch keyboard layout often and having Scroll lock led to monitor that, it annoys me as it looses at some moment its 'synchronization' (may because i also switch from X to consoles, or just between windows within a single X-session, or between X-sessi

Re: Preseeding german keyboard layout in Wheezy

2012-11-22 Thread Bernhard Schmidt
Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > I'm currently trying to streamline our Debian deployment using > preseeding and I'm having issues setting a German keyboard layout. I use > Wheezy daily 20121114 at the moment. > > Goals: > - installer should be English > - the count

Preseeding german keyboard layout in Wheezy

2012-11-21 Thread Bernhard Schmidt
Hi, I'm currently trying to streamline our Debian deployment using preseeding and I'm having issues setting a German keyboard layout. I use Wheezy daily 20121114 at the moment. Goals: - installer should be English - the country should be set to Germany (so timezone is okay) - default

Re: Addition of the Workman keyboard layout

2012-11-02 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 03:29:07PM -0400, David Norman wrote: > What is the best way to go about proposing the addition of the Workman > keyboard layout to continue in the tracks of Colemak? Raise a wishlist bug against console-data with a suitable patch attached. signature.asc Descr

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