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Hi!
I have opensuse 10 on a laptop. I can't manage to get this sign ^ to work correctly. It should be placed under the letter, not on its side. All other signs like é or è work fine. I've try to change languages in french or german, I tried all the keyboards but nothing work.
I would be very thankful for any help. I need to use this sign properly.
maybe the font you use does not support this? if ` and ´ works correctly then it has nothing to do with the nodeadkeys option. you can specify this in /etc/xorg.conf. if nodeadkeys is switched on you have no dead keys which means every key pressed prints it output right away and is not waiting for additional keystrokes. if you press the ´ key and it prints the ´ right away you have nodeadkeys. if it prints nothing but gives you é if you press 'e' afterwards then you have dead keys.
since ´ and ` works correctly it might be a problem with the font you are using. check it out. with what editor do you work. does the problem occure with any editor?
vadkutya
p.s. try ALT+j this should do the trick if ^+e does not work. but it does only work for ê in console, i think. try ALT+b for â and ALT+n for î. ALT+t is ô. i couldn't find the hatted u because my keyboard commands are redefined by wmii.
On my keyboard I would hit CTRL+6 to get it, where is it on your keyboard?
On my keyboard ^ is the first key on the left just near the 1. CTRL+^ doesn't work.
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Originally Posted by vadkutya
hey xpucto,
maybe the font you use does not support this? if ` and ´ works correctly then it has nothing to do with the nodeadkeys option. you can specify this in /etc/xorg.conf. if nodeadkeys is switched on you have no dead keys which means every key pressed prints it output right away and is not waiting for additional keystrokes. if you press the ´ key and it prints the ´ right away you have nodeadkeys. if it prints nothing but gives you é if you press 'e' afterwards then you have dead keys.
since ´ and ` works correctly it might be a problem with the font you are using. check it out. with what editor do you work. does the problem occure with any editor?
vadkutya
p.s. try ALT+j this should do the trick if ^+e does not work. but it does only work for ê in console, i think. try ALT+b for â and ALT+n for î. ALT+t is ô. i couldn't find the hatted u because my keyboard commands are redefined by wmii.
Hi Vadkutya!
I've looked under /etc/X11/xorg.conf, the nodeadkey is not switched on:
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