My single quote key is misbehaving

[Yvan Vander Sanden]

On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 20:32 -0700, Darrin Goodman wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I´ve been using Ubuntu since Dapper (and have also used Kubuntu,
> Fluxbuntu, Nubuntu...) and have been using Ubuntu Studio now since it
> came out under Feisty last year.  Never before have I seen this sort
> of behavior, but when I installed the Gutsy version of Ubuntu Studio,
> my single quote key on my laptop keyboard started misbehaving.
> 
> Essentially, when I hit the single quote key, on the first click,
> nothing happens, or sometimes my computer will beep at me but it won´t
> print the quote.  Usually, the single quote appears after the second
> click of the key.  Also, the single quote is not the standard tick
> mark, but is rather a very sloped single quote.  Not sure if the slope
> comes across or not in this email. ( ´ )

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

If you want the standard tick mark, press the quote followed by a space.
This is also very handy for making characters with accents. Just type
the quote followed by the character: é á ź ć

backwards accents can be formed with the quote left from the number one:

à è

Trema's with the double quote ä ë etc.

You should be able to change this behaviour using
System->preferences->keyboard but I don't know what option you should
choose. Guess you have to experiment a bit.  On the other hand, this
feature is really handy if you get used to it. Maybe you should try it
for a few weeks.

yvan