Re: default English (US) QWERTY layout

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

On 11/15/2015 04:34 PM, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
> On Sun, November 15, 2015 2:10 pm, David Christensen wrote:
> > I just did a fresh install of debian-8.2.0-amd64-xfce yesterday:
> >
> > Keyboard model	Generic 105-key (Intl) PC
>
>
> Obviously, the keyboard settings menu (reached from xfce by
>
>     applications -> setting -> keyboard -> layout
>
> has its own layout nomenclature.  The only "English (US, ...)" selections
> which the menu on my system (i386, Jessie, Xfce) offers are:
>
>     English (US, alternative international)
>     English (US, international with dead keys)
>     English (US, with euro on 5)
>
> none of which look familiar to me.  So I wondered whether I had managed to
> delete whatever is the default English US layout.
>
> What I would like to know is the "English (US...)" options which the
> keyboard settings menu offers if the menu has not been used to switch from
> the default English US layout to some other layout.


Mine says "Generic 105 (intl) PC" for keyboard model and "English (US)" 
for layout. Hope that helps. That is the "system default" setting used 
at install time. Ric


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