Nasty little complication with the Russian 'phonetic' keyboard.

[Georgi Kourtev]

Are you sure that the keyboard model is properly listed in the keyboard menu? 
These letters do change position in different models. In Bulgarian Phonetic 
layout the 'ч' is at the '~' key (the last in left next to 1 key).
gk


On Thursday 03 September 2009 13:06:19 Bas Roufs wrote:
> Dear Everybody
> 
> Recently, I installed the 'phonetic' variant of the Russian keyboard next
>  to the default keyboard at my machine with Kubuntu 9.04: 'US alternative
>  international'. I did so via SYSTEM SETTINGS > regional and language >
>  keyboard layout.  This 'phonetic' variant is the only variant I can
>  possibly work with when 10 finger blind-typing - so I am vary happy it
>  exists! But there is one nasty detail which creates sometimes
>  complications: the position of the character 'ч' (tsjè). This character
>  has been positioned at the '=' key, the key immediately left of the
>  backspace key. The '='-key is vital for working with spreadsheat packages,
>  like 'Calc' (OpenOffice). If the Russian phonetic keyboard is active, it
>  is simply impossible to work with Calc. But even when I switch to USA
>  alt-intl., I sometimes have difficulties with Calc. Yesterday I could only
>  solve such problems by DE-ACTIVATING altogether the Russian keyboard and
>  restarting the PC. Now I have re-installed the Russian phonetic keyboard
>  in the way described above. But it is very well possible that I will need
>  to de-install it again in case I get the same difficulties with Calc, even
>  when the USA alt intl. has been activated. That's why, I am wondering
>  weather it would be possible to position the 'ч' character at another key.
>  If so, how?
> 
> Respectfully yours,
> 
> Bas.
>