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Post by liberace on Apr 9, 2021 23:58:35 GMT
I would like to make the Euro sign with a ALT or CTRL and 5 combination . How do I do this My keyboard settings are
XKBMODEL="pc105" XKBLAYOUT="us" XKBVARIANT="" XKBOPTIONS=""
BACKSPACE="guess"
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enigma9o7
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Post by enigma9o7 on Apr 10, 2021 0:17:40 GMT
If you are using a keyboard with standard US layout, my suggestion is, use the US International with Alt-Gr deadkeys variant. [ Note there is something similar for UK keyboards too.]
I use it on all computers, it makes the Right_Alt key behave as an AltGr modifier to get all sorts of symbols, AltGr+5=€ and AlGr+$=£ for example. Also makes typing things like San José easier (AltGr + e) or 99° (AltGr + : ) and you can even type our esteemed developer Štefan's name correctly if you want, but that's a bit trickier cuz it uses a dead key combination (AltGr+> then S).
You can type all the symbols in blue with AltGr (with shift for uppercase). This includes all the main letters/punctuation used in the Americas like Spanish and Portuguese too.
Note that our implementation isn't exactly what's picture, for example ¹ and ¡ opposite of what's pictured but its close enough for me I didn't keep looking for another...
The accent symbols in red are dead keys where nothing seems to happen when pressed in combination with AltGr until you press a letter afterwards, which results in typing the letter with the previously selected accent applied, allowing you to write words from most European languages without switching layouts completely.
To add this in Bodhi you need to load the keyboard module, then add another English (US) keyboard (you cannot edit your existing one) and go to the Variant tab and find altgr-intl. [Note you want the one with altgr dead keys, not regular dead keys as that one makes some of the normal keys dead and then you can't type "can't" normally anymore]. After applying that you can remove the basic US English layout and unload keyboard module if you want. The only difference you may notice compared to basic US layout if you didn't know it was set for altgr-intl is that Right_Alt no longer works for some applications alt key combinations, you can only use Left_Alt in such cases. This is the layout they use at places like the public library computers around me, as there are enough Español speakers that would complain or change it if it wasn't already, and doesn't hurt English speakers at all (and helps us type symbols like € easily if we want em).
Sorry about the hard to read highlighted colors, I was playing with themes...
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Post by liberace on Apr 10, 2021 5:57:29 GMT
Thank you so much. I can make the Euro sign now €€€€€€€
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