how to input qutation marks(" and ')?

kcynice · 09-20-2008, 03:51 AM

I just installed salckware 12.1.0 on my pc. but there is a strange problem occur for inputing some characters.
I don't know how to input 4 characters, they are: ~,`,' and ";
I used to use windows. There if i want to input ', only press ' key, and Shift+' for ". But now, i press ' key one time nothing would appear untill i press it again. In another word, only when i press ' key two times there will be a character displayed seems like '. Every another character above has the same problem. Why i say seems like? because the character displayed isn't what i want to input, just similar! I am sure it is NOT!
Why?
Any Ideas? Thanks

keefaz · 09-20-2008, 04:09 AM

You have key problem in X (graphic environement) or in Linux console ?
If in X, what is the output with:

grep XkbLayout /etc/X11/xorg.conf
grep XkbModel /etc/X11/xorg.conf

kcynice · 09-20-2008, 09:19 AM

the output is:
Option "XkbLayout" "us(alt-intl),us(alt-intl),us"

Now, i find the way to input them, just press the key one time and press space key, it will appear on the screen.

But, it is NOT convenient!I don't know how to configure it to make my keyboard work as normal.

drumz · 09-20-2008, 09:30 AM

It sounds like your input is setup up to allow typing in international characters, i.e. typing 'A will produce Á. So of course to get just ', you you have type ''. Unfortunately, I don't know where to configure such an option, as I don't use it. If it only does this in KDE try checking out the keyboard settings in the Control Center.

ErV · 09-20-2008, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcynice

But, it is NOT convenient!I don't know how to configure it to make my keyboard work as normal.

For some reason you are using three different layouts (do you really need them?)

You'll need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and configure keyboard section, then restart X. For additional information see "man xorg.conf"

Here is my keyboard configuration (all symbols you mentioned work fine):

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XKbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XKbLayout" "us,ru(winkeys)"
    Option         "XKbOptions" "grp:rwin_toggle,grp_led:scroll,grp:shifts_toggle"
EndSection

It's english-russian keyboard, if you want english-only, try following:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XKbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XKbLayout" "us"
    Option         "XKbOptions" "grp:rwin_toggle,grp_led:scroll,grp:shifts_toggle"
EndSection

I can't guarantee this will work if "drumz" was right about international characters input, because I never used it.

I recommend you to study xorg.conf documentation. To view documentation, either launch terminal and run "man xorg.conf" command, or start Konqueror, and try to view "man:/xorg.conf" address.

Alien Bob · 09-20-2008, 10:32 AM

Just don't select an "international" keyboard layout. The "international" layouts are meant to be able to input accented characters with ease (so a " followed by e will produce ë). The consequence is that all these characters like " ' ` ^ will need to be typed twice (or followed by a space). If you do not usually type accented characters you can select a "non-international" keyboard and then configure X to use the "Meta key" (usually AltGr or the right Alt key on your keyboard) to combine multiple characters into one.

Eric

kcynice · 09-20-2008, 07:27 PM

I think i have got it. Yes, my kayboard had some different options before, it was "us(alt-intl),us(alt-intl),us", i think the first two are repeated. So i try to modify them to only one option "us". When i restart X again, my keyboard works well now.

Thanks all.