Re: X11 with de_CH and ru(phonetic)
helas,
On 5:29:16 am 02/01/2005 Mathias Weyland <mathias@weyland.ch> wrote:
> Hi
>
> First of all, I want to apologize if I break any list policies while
> writing this mail in English. I do have a localization issue and I
> don't know where I could ask (please point me to the right place if
> debian-russian is the wrong one).
>
> I'd like to be able to write in Russian with my notebook which has a
> de_CH (Swiss German) keyboard layout. Only X11 is needed and it's a
> debian sarge install. Unfortunately, I can't set the XkbLayout to
> "de_CH,ru(phonetic)" and the command
>
> setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc105 -layout "de_CH,ru(phonetic)" \
> -option "grp:ctrls_toggle"
>
> is failing with "Error loading new keyboard description".
>
> I tried it with "de,ru(phonetic)". That one is working, but the Swiss
> German (de_CH) and the German (de) keyboard layout do only have a few
> mutualities, so that's not a final solution. I also tried to look at
> the differences between the two symbol files, but I don't understand
> the syntax :(
> Best Regards
>
> Mathias Weyland
>
> PS: Answers in Russian are ok for me.
>
>
You can try KDE Control Center first, or wait for someone more competent
(I use Fluxbox, so dont ask me how).
--teppi
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