Re: American keyboard
Geoff Bagley wrote:
> There are indeed packages available to do this, but by editing or
> changing individual keys.
> Surely there is still a correct UK English locale with the appropriate
> keymap still ?
>
> I wonder how bilingual people get on. Can they switch between differing
> alphabets ?
There are two methods (being a Czech student living in Boston, MA, I have a
lot of experience with i10n issues :-)). First, the old Unix method --
"edit configuration file". In this case, it is /etc/X11/xorg.conf and one
of the sections "InputDevice" looks like this (line broken for this
message) for Czech/US keyboard:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "cz,us"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:caps,ctrl:ctrl_aa,\
lv3:ralt_switch,grp_led:scroll,grp:shifts_toggle"
Option "XkbVariant" "qwerty,"
EndSection
Documentation for this is in /etc/X11/xkb/README.config.
Then there is KDE-way. Go to Control Center/Regional &
Accessibility/Keyboard Layout and switch on keyboard layouts and then set
up your keyboard as you wish.
Best,
Mat?j
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