[Edgy] vowels in gnome

[SmasSive]

I'm using a "dead keys" keymap, specifically spanish (intl).


On Fri, November 3, 2006 19:56, Constantine Evans wrote:
> Change your keymap to one with dead keys (usually one that doesn't say
> "dead keys removed").
>
> Constantine
>
> SmasSive wrote:
>> I get the vowels by pressing "right alt" + "any vocal" but what I want
>> is to get the vowels pressing ' + vocal as normally in dapper or other
>> OSes or as I get in gdm...
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>> El vie, 03-11-2006 a las 09:58 -0500, Jaime Davila escribió:
>>> SmasSive wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have a problem with vowels in gnome. I'm a spanish user with a pc105
>>>> keyboard, well configured in Xorg and gdm, I can type vowels in a
>>>> console
>>>> and in the login screen of gdm but when I run into gnome, I can't.
>>>>
>>>> The only maner I can type a vowel is combining alt key + vocal. I've
>>>> configured gnome with pc105 generic keyboard but didn't work...
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not sure I understand when it is that things work for you and when
>>> they don't, but here's how I get accents and other special characters
>>> in
>>> gnome. This works in any application I run from gnome.
>>>
>>> All you have to do is tell gnome which key to use for composing
>>> characters. You tell it in the following way:
>>>
>>> Start->System->Preferences->keyboard. Then click on the /Layout
>>> Options/
>>> tab. Click on /Compose Key Position/, and then choose which key you
>>> want
>>> to use as the compose key. I personally use the right-alt key.
>>>
>>> After that, I just need to press right-alt, and the combination of
>>> characters that get me what I need. For example, I get á by pressing
>>> right-alt, ', and a. In that way, I can get the following characters: á
>>> é í ó ú ü (u and ") ñ (n and ~). I imagine there's a bunch of other
>>> characters, but those are the ones I tend to use.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps,
>>>
>>> Jaime
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> ******************************************************
>>> Jaime J. Davila
>>> Associate Professor of Computer Science
>>> Hampshire College
>>> School of Cognitive Science
>>> jdavila at hampshire dot edu
>>> http://helios.hampshire.edu/jdavila
>>> *******************************************************
>>>
>
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