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wpkzz

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Registered: 2020-01-10

Posts: 47

Weird Change in Spanish keyboard layout. No more brackets.

I have this 2012 laptop that has a US keyboard. I use the "es" layout with my window manager (fluxbox) via a simple

setxkbmap es

in the init file.
I used to be able to type the brackets (< and > ) using the key combination AltGr + Shift + <Z or X >
Suffice to say that I could type every programing essential sign via some similar combination. And I need to be able to write with
Spanish signs, so for me it was no problem that.

But I updated/upgraded the whole system during the weekend and then I discovered that the usefull programing brackets where no more. Instead,
there are some useless variations, smaller, similar to guillemets, namely: ‹ and › . (I had to change layout to type that)

So, the question is:
What happened to the useful bracket signs? Where is the old layout? And how can I return to it?

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Moyocoyani, Tloque Nahuaque.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Weird Change in Spanish keyboard layout. No more brackets.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=270695

I kinda missed his last reply and will keep the tab open for later :-)

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wpkzz

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Registered: 2020-01-10

Posts: 47

Re: Weird Change in Spanish keyboard layout. No more brackets.

Ah yes, looks like the same issue.

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Moyocoyani, Tloque Nahuaque.