Sorry, but I've missed the beginning of this discussion. Are you use X.org? If yes, it has some broken layouts.
------- Original message ------- From: Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: polish characters Date: 12 Август 2005 06:44 > On Thursday 11 August 2005 10:29 am, Sebastian Luque wrote: > > option of the Xkb tab, but never had any problems using other layouts > > with accented characters. e.g. I often use the spanish and french > > Playing now in Polish mode... > > ł > ę > ź > ó > > Are these Polish characters? It seems the way to get them is to use the > "Alt-Gr" key. I think out of the box it is supposed to be right Alt, but > that has never worked here for some reason. I redefined it in the KDE > keyboard setup thingie (on the Xkb Options tab) as Right Alt + Right Ctrl, > so, to get ł I type Right Alt+Right Ctrl+w, or for capital, add a shift Ł > > Tedious. I try to avoid the Alt-Gr thing. If you're forced to use it more > often, perhaps you can assign it to caps lock or something less involved. > > As a silly aside (and feel free to respond privately, if you prefer), can I > ask why you use the French layout at all? I use the Spanish layout for > both Spanish and French. Spanish has all the right bits for both languages > (ç ê etc.), but French doesn't have ñ or ¡ and whatnot, so the Spanish > layout seems to be the best bang for the buck.
