More bindings can be found in /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US. Modify Advanced options to select/enable the compose keyĪnd check for instance the left Windows key like in the image below. Go to KDE System Settings> Input devices > Advanced To use the compose key or in Dutch Samensteltoets first we need to assign one: K menu > System Settings > Input devices > Keyboard layoutsĪnd under Variant choose International with Dead Keys (In Dutch “met dode toetsen”).ĭon't forget to set your editor to UTF-8 character encoding. To use the US International Keyboard Layout under KDE4 simply select: The most used keys are generally easier to reach. If you have an Apple computer then the keyboard will be similar, but won’t include keys such as a Window key or Print Screen key. Layout United States International Keyboardīelow are all the permutations of diacritical accents on the International US keyboard on a Kubuntu or Ubuntu Linux system: So the typical keyboard layout, will look something similar to the one below. ~ + space results in “~”, see the third column in the table below. Pressing a dead key followed by pressing the space bar produces the character denoted by the dead key e.g. In some cases you can combine two diacritics like in ậ first press the dead keys for the circumflex and then the dead keys for the underdot (or vice versa). There are 13 dead keys on Kubuntu - Linux and most of these are combinations with Shift and/or Alt Gr.įirst press the dead key (combination) then release the dead key (combination), and subsequently type a letter.Įxample 1: To type Ô, press Shift+6, release and type OĮxample 2: To type ğ, press Alt Gr + Shift + 9, release and type g

Shown here is the PC104 (with 104 keys) which will obviously differ slightly with many notebook layouts.Įxample 1: To type the Euro sign € hold the Alt Gr and press 5Įxample 2: To type a capital C cedilla Ç hold both the Alt Gr and Shift keys and press , Holding the right Alt Key ( Alt Gr) while pressing another key on the US International Keyboard yields the blue characters depicted in the layout below. SailingIssues “dry.” domain Atheism & Religion Open source Linguistics Privacy

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