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FUBAR

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-12-08

Posts: 1,029

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[xorg 7] Changing keyboard layout disables deadkeys

I'm currently using the "us" keyboard, but I'd like to use accents the way I'm used to in Windows with the "US International" layout, i.e. press ' then e which gives me an accented e.

I used to use the "us_intl" layout in xorg.conf, but somehow when I  do that my deadkeys (Winkey, etc) stop working. Even when I use the deadkeys-option.

How do I use both?

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hotsauce

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From: Ann Arbor

Registered: 2005-12-28

Posts: 125

Re: [xorg 7] Changing keyboard layout disables deadkeys

Well I'm using the xorg from current, not the 7, and I have a similar problem. After changing us to cf I can use all the accents but the alt key is not functional anymore. Wonder if it's related. When I do setxkbmap "ca_enhanced) in a terminal it fixes the problem.

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: [xorg 7] Changing keyboard layout disables deadkeys

I don't know how you switch keyboard but here's how I do it.  I have an entry in my menu that runs the following script:

#!/bin/bash

KBD1=us
KBD2=ca_enhanced

if setxkbmap -print|grep -q $KBD1
then
  setxkbmap $KBD2
else
  setxkbmap $KBD1
fi

Each time it's executed, it will switch the keyboard to the other layout. I use xorg in current.

HTH