Re: accented characters in text console
On 2012-06-21, Chris Davies wrote:
> XKBMODEL="pc105"
> XKBLAYOUT="gb"
> XKBVARIANT=""
> XKBOPTIONS="compose:ralt,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
>
> Notice that even though I chose the 105 key (Intl) keyboard, I do not
> have an XKBVARIANT even though Compose is enabled and works. Mind you,
> I've never really understood what the XKBVARIANT=intl is intended to
> do for US and UK keyboards, as I use a Compose key to get my non-UK
> characters.
On a PC here Ctrl+. works as Compose with
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS=""
I get "Dead" keys with
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBVARIANT="intl"
XKBOPTIONS=""
(I don't use this)
My LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
Regards,
Howard E.
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