Re: polish characters

[Sebastian Luque <spluque@gmail.com>]

Silvan <dmmcintyr@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

[...]

> As a silly aside (and feel free to respond privately, if you prefer), can I
> ask why you use the French layout at all?  I use the Spanish layout for both 
> Spanish and French.  Spanish has all the right bits for both languages (ç ê 
> etc.), but French doesn't have ñ or ¡ and whatnot, so the Spanish layout 
> seems to be the best bang for the buck.

The keyboard layout is certainly different (i.e. the position of the keys
are different), and some characters are not shared between the two
languages, as you pointed out.  I haven't tried if you can create accent
grave in a spanish keyboard layout.  But basically, it's a question of
familiarity.  My keyboard has a "physical" english layout, but when I'm
writing in french, I like to use it as if it was a french keyboard, and
likewise with spanish.  For instance, to get "é" (in french) I would type
the number 2 on my keyboard (this is where it is physically on a french
keyboard), and to get "é" (in spanish) I'd hit the single quote key (this
is where the accent is physically on a spanish keyboard) followed by the
letter e, and so on.

Now, I don't speak, write, or understand a word of polish, but I would
have expected my keyboard to turn onto a polish keyboard upon selecting
that layout on the quick launch bar, as it is for the other languages.  In
other words, I doubt (please correct me if I'm wrong) the polish need to
type complicated key sequences involving Alt-Gr or some 'compose' key in
order to write their characters!

The following looks relevant and will have a look over the weekend:

http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue53/sipos.html

but any further tips or suggestions are most welcome.


Thanks so far,

-- 
Sebastian P. Luque