How do you used to write Nataša, for example, with the US-keyboard that types the accented-c key? Or the "Đ" letter?
Not that this discussion is of any relevance anymore, since all kinds of suggestions don't seem to reach anyone, but what I suggested at first was to have a keyboard layout in which 'c = ç, as is useful for about 300 million people in the world (Portuguese+French). If that is the default or the default is the accented "c", which is used as a partial incomplete layout by a much smaller fraction of the world's population, is a secondary problem. But I insist we, brazilians, should have the choice of typing 'c for ç, as that is the good choice for touch typists (Alg-Gr combinations are a horrible options, and Mac keyboards don't even have that Alg-Gr key). Anyway, it is pretty impressive how the suggestion of having an additional keyboard layout that fulfills the needs of so many people (just check on google how many people have posted this problem) can result in so enormous negative feedback. Ps. In Windows there is a program called "keyboard layout creator", or something like that, with which one can create any keyboard layout one wants. Linux is years light behind on that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518056 Title: cedilla appears as accented c (ć instead of ç) when typing 'c Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When typing in a US-international keyboard with dead-keys (or UK-international), typing 'c results in an accented c instead of a cedilla. There is a workaround, which is editing the /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodule-files.d/libgtk2.0-0.immodules file and changing the line "cedilla" "Cedilla" "gtk20" "/usr/share/locale" "az:ca:co:fr:gv:oc:pt:sq:tr:wa" to "cedilla" "Cedilla" "gtk20" "/usr/share/locale" "az:ca:co:fr:gv:oc:pt:sq:tr:wa:en" (add the 'en' at the end). However, every time some update on this file is applied, one looses the change, and we get back to the accented c. That means having to modify the file again, logout and login. For me this is no problem. But for my brother, mom, dad, etc, it is always something that at least makes me less proud of having convinced them to use Ubuntu, because they don't know what to do each time this happens. I think we really need a configurable keyboard layout, or at least (and that would be very easy), the inclusion of alternate layouts on install that for the dead-key options (as US-deadkey and UK-deakey), alternate layouts as US-deadkey-cedilla. This change is relevant for at least Portuguese and French. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/518056/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
