mac spanish keyboad without @

[Roland Wegmann]

hi enrike


i had the similar problem with my swiss german keybord on my ibook. you
can solve the @ problem with a little modification of the appropriate
x11 symbols file (/etc/X11/xkb/symbols). in my case i did the following
modification:

a) cd /etc/X11/xkb/symbols
b) cp de_CH de_CH.orignal
c) sudo nano de_CH
d) in nano (editor) i added the following line to the de_CH file:

 key <LALT> {        [  Mode_switch, Multi_key       ]       };

this line had to be included here

---snip

    // End alphanumeric section, begin "Keypad"

    key <KPDL> {        [  KP_Delete,   KP_Decimal      ]       };
    key <LALT> {        [  Mode_switch, Multi_key       ]       };

    // End "Keypad" section


    // begin modifier mappings
    modifier_map Shift  { Shift_L };
    modifier_map Lock   { Caps_Lock };
    modifier_map Control{ Control_L };
};

---snip

e) save the modification / leave nano
f) logout / login

oh I have to say that i use the following /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
definitions:

---snip

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "keyboard"
        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "de_CH"
EndSection

---snip

if you have something with macintosh in the InputDevice section of your
XF86Config-4 file, modify the appropriate file
in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/macintosh. 

I think the file 'es' holds the definitions for a spanish keyboard. if
you need further info, please let me know.

kind regards, Roland


Am Mittwoch, den 22.12.2004, 16:33 +0100 schrieb altern:
> hi
> 
> i am not sure if anyone has reported this yet. I have spanish mac 
> keyboard (12" G4 laptop) and i cannot type @ at all. In this keyboard 
> set, the @ is the 3rd icon on the number 2 key (on OSX you get it by 
> pressing ALT+2). So it is the 3rd position starting from the left on the 
> top key line (the one below the functions keys).
> 
> As far as i can see i have the keyboard configured properly, thats so 
> far the only one that doesnt work
> 
> -- 
> enrike
>