Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:02:23 -0500 From: Peter <pmatulis@sympatico.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Subject: Re: toggle between english and french (how?) Message-ID: <200702071302.23401.pmatulis@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <20070207174852.GC7450@kobe.laptop> References: <200702061729.09543.pmatulis@sympatico.ca> <20070207174852.GC7450@kobe.laptop>
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Le Mercredi 7 F=E9vrier 2007 12:48, Giorgos Keramidas a =E9crit=A0: > On 2007-02-06 17:29, Peter <pmatulis@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > I have a 6.2 box on which I intend to set up a web server > > (lighttpd) and a file server (samba). The kicker is that I will > > need to allow for French characters (?, ?, ?, etc). I had such an > > issue before but only managed to solve it at the X level (via > > xorg.conf). Now I need to solve it at the console level. > > > > The Handbook has a lot of ideas but it seems focused on a per user > > basis instead of on a system level basis. Then again, maybe I just > > don't understand what its trying to say. > > > > I would also need to toggle back and forth between English and > > French. > > Have a look at the keymaps for French in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps': > > $ ( cd /usr/share/syscons/keymaps; ls -l *fr* ) > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 9148 Feb 2 15:29 fr.dvorak.acc.kbd > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 7702 Feb 2 15:29 fr.dvorak.kbd > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 8613 Feb 2 15:29 fr.iso.acc.kbd > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 7659 Feb 2 15:29 fr.iso.kbd > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 8715 Feb 2 15:29 fr_CA.iso.acc.kbd > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 7825 Feb 2 15:29 > swissfrench.cp850.kbd -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 8577 Feb 2 15:29 > swissfrench.iso.acc.kbd -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel - 7766 Feb 2 > 15:29 swissfrench.iso.kbd $ Yes, I tried fr.iso.acc.kbd fr.iso.kbd fr_CA.iso.acc.kbd Maybe I need to inform FreeBSD about the layout of my keyboard. All I=20 get are beeps when I hit the special French accent keys. PM
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