[xubuntu-users] Where to set up XkbOptions in 9.10 (for accented characters etc.)

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:05:25 +0000
Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 08:38:28AM -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:17:55 +0000
> > Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 08:03:24AM -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:06:06 +0000
> > > > Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Where is the 'proper' place to set the compose key in xubuntu 9.10?
> > > > > 
> > > > > I already have XKBOPTIONS="compose:rwin" in /etc/default/console-setup
> > > > > but that only sets it for the alternate consoles.  Where should I set
> > > > > XkbOptions (or whatever) so that I have a compose key in X?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Should it still be set in xorg.conf?  Surely there should be a more
> > > > > user friendly way of doing it.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > That should be available automatically. When I install Xubuntu, I
> > > > choose the keyboard layout as alternate international US. That makes
> > > > the right-alt key the compose key. It sets it in /etc/default. When I
> > > > am in X, the right and left shift keys do not allow the shifted keys
> > > > without hitting space, since they are international keys. If I type a
> > > > double quote, and do not hit space, it appears over the next letter, as
> > > > in ä. This makes the compose key less useful, since it is automatic. I
> > > > did have to learn to hit the space bar to keep from using all the
> > > > internation letters, though.
> > > > 
> > > I don't quite follow what you're saying.
> > > 
> > > Are you saying that when you hit the shift key then nothing appears
> > > until you hit space?  That doesn't work for me, when I hit SHIFT plus
> > > 2 I just get a ".  What do you do when you want to type a " followed
> > > by some text?  E.g. something "in quotes"?
> > > 
> > 
> > Okay, on my keyboard, " is above ' . When I hit ' nothing prints until
> > I hit space or another key. The same thing happens when I hit SHIFT ' .
> > Without hitting spacebar, I get an international character the same way
> > I would if I used the compose key. If I hit the spacebar, I get the
> > actual key instead.
> > 
> That would drive me crazy as I think I type things like "elite" or
> 'awful' far more frequently than I type ë or á. 
> 

Me too. The worst part is writing bash scripts with it! But, like
everything else, you get used to it. I assume though it isn't going to
solve your issue.

Sorry I couldn't help more.

Good luck,


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