Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:16:04 -0500 (EST) From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> To: "Webster, Andrew" <awebster@connectalk.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: setting up french keyboard Message-ID: <20060227041604.87272.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <9D61D69E3C1F7F459C5513AD830EE2192BC311@mtlex01.connectalk.com>
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--- "Webster, Andrew" <awebster@connectalk.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi. Does anyone know how I can set up my 5.4 system to > output > > > > French > > > > > > > characters? If so, how? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Try this when X is running: > > > > setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout ca -variant basic > > > > > > Hey! This works in my X windows (é, è, ç, à, ê, ï) but my > > > terminal > > > emits beeps. Is this normal? Is the an easier way (X gadget) to > toggle > > > back or do I need to always use the setxkbmap command? > > Hmm, looks like you are outputting UTF-8 instead of ISO-8859-1, or at > least your mailer is doing that. UTF-8 is 16bit characters for the > accented characters. > Which window manager are you using with X? KDE or Gnome? Both have > keyboard manipulation tools as part of their packages. > > Personally I prefer the US International keyboard. This way the > characters stay where they belong, but ', ", ^, ~, and ` are dead keys, > so if you type ' followed by a you get �. > > I don't know if there is a quick switch key combination as in windows, > but I'm sure there is something that can be setup. Allrighty. I installed xxkb and it works well for toggling languages (keyboard mappings). I can also achieve the same effect using a key-combination. I am using the fluxbox window manager. So the problem remains that what I see when I type is not what appears in a browser. For instance, the following character is an 'E' with a small "front slash" on top of it: É. Is that what YOU see right now? I also cannot type out any of these characters at an xterm or on the console. -- Peter __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca
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