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hottdogg 06-18-2008 11:41 AM
Input extended latin characters in xfce4 in slackware 12. How???
 
Sorry for the stupid question..
but googling or even yahooing just didn't satisfy me.
So, how to input those accented,extended,special,whatever latin character beyond ASCII in xfce4 in slackware 12 using standart US keyboard beside using copy-paste method?


I'm totally clueless regarding char encoding in linux.
CMIIW, but I think in windows, this is a trivial thing just by using somekind of Alt+
In linux... Xmodmap, xkb,etc.. arrgh! confusing!! but I'm willing to follow if someone could guide me step by step using this freakin' X tool.
Anyone can give me some advice or point to a definitive tutorial would be verrry appreciated also.

Tnx.

fbianconi 06-19-2008 06:38 PM
does /etc/X11/xorg.conf has the line
Code:
option "XkbVariant" "intl"
on it?
this enables the use of alt gr, the right one, so you can press AltGR + n and get ñ

it looks like
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
  Driver "kbd"
  option "CoreKeyboard"
  option "XkbRules" "xorg"
  option "XkbModel" "pc104"
  option "XkbLayout" "us"
  option "XkbVariant" "intl"
EndSection
on my xorg.conf

hottdogg 06-21-2008 09:50 AM
Wow, thanks for the simple solution !! :D. works like a charm.
I´ve enabled all the options just like yours.
But there´s one little difference.

I enabled like this:
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

instead of:
option ¨CoreKeyboard¨

hottdogg 12-20-2008 04:21 AM
Hmm..it seems there´s a little problem. using:
Code:
option "XkbVariant" "intl"
makes the double quotes not standard.
It looks strange, vim doesn´t recognize as usual double quote, that is, in sytax highlight for .conf file, the double quotes isn´t properly highlighted. And if I write comment in someone else´s blog, the double quoute becomes junk character.
Any suggestion?


enabled option "XkbVariant" "intl"
double quotes: ¨

edit:
disabled option "XkbVariant" "intl"
double quotes: "


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