Thanks for the tip. I run the command line: WXin.exe -xkblayout es, appeared the Cygwin/X terminal (gray one) and I got the pipe but with other key, weird or normal? should I run this command or put it in the Xorg.conf file?
---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:10:17 -0400 > Subject: Re: Pipe (|) symbol under spanish keybord in xterm > From: markjr...@gmail.com > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Gery Herbozo Jimenez wrote: >> I've been working for a while with a spanish keyboard > > http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-non-U.S.-keyboard-layout > >> and up to now I don't know how to get the pipe (|) symbol in my xterm >> terminal. However, I >> do get it in the bash terminal without problems using Ctrl + Alt + 1. When I >> follow this step >> in the xterm I get this instead of the pipe: (arg: 1). What does it mean? > > In readline's emacs mode, holding down the alt key while typing > numbers is how you enter a repeat count for an editing command - e.g. > alt-3 alt-f (hold down alt and type 3f) to go forward three words. The > "(arg: 1)" means you've typed a repeat count of "1" so far (you could > add more digits to make it "10" or something). The control key is not > contributing anything in this instance. > > It seems X is not recognizing your keyboard layout. I'd try adding > "-xkblayout es" to the X server command line, as indicated in the > above FAQ entry. > > -- > Mark J. Reed > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ > FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ > _________________________________________________________________ Más rápido, sencillo y seguro. Descárgate ya el nuevo Internet Explorer 8 ¡Es gratis! http://www.vivelive.com/ie8 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/