Re: kde, localization and keyboards
On 08/03/2020 06:15, Graham Seaman wrote:
> I've previously used either Gnome or Enlightenment as my main
> environment; I just installed Debian on an old laptop and decided to
> give KDE a go instead. I often want to switch keyboard briefly to do a
> bit of text editing with non-english characters (pt, de, ru). I don't
> ever want to change localization away from GB English. In Gnome I
> could do this: switching keyboard had no effect on localization. In
> KDE I get randomly switch between localizations: for example, I just
> ran apt install, and the first half of the messages were in
> Portuguese, then it suddenly switched to German, with no input from
> me. The only localizations I get match the keyboards I've set up
> (though I'm not switching keyboard). I've removed all languages except
> British English from Settings->language->configure plasma translations.
>
I configure layouts via System settings->Input
Devices->Keyboard->Layouts and switch them using the tray icon or the
keyboard shortcut, and only the keyboard is changed - not the full
system locale.
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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo@kalinowski.com.br
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