Bug#524235: Default alt-gr key replacement should be right alt for usa keyboard.
+ Adeodato Simó (Fri, 15 May 2009 13:44:52 +0200):
> + Frans Pop (Fri, 15 May 2009 12:34:36 +0200):
> > On Friday 15 May 2009, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
> > > AltGr is useless with the basic US layout because it doesn't define
> > > third level where the accented letters are situated.
> > But AFAIK it can still be used for combining characters!
> > Example: <Alt-gr>+' e -> é
> > I'd call that far from useless. And that's how I personally prefer to
> > create accented characters. Dutch does not use them enough that having
> > them on 3rd level is really needed (and I don't write that much in Dutch
> > anyway ;-).
> Hi, I just catched this message en-passe, and I thought I'd mention I
> use a US layout with the altgr-intl variant, and I use AltGr in exactly
> the way Frans mentioned. (NB: I still haven't upgraded to the new X.org
> / console-data combo.)
Meh, I just read Anton's reply to Frans, and I realized I read Frans'
message a bit too quickly. He uses AltGr as Compose, but I actually type
AltGr+e to get é!! Because of the "altgr-intl" variant, of course. It be
really great that such usage doesn't get broken, in case you weren't
aware it exists.
Thanks,
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