At Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:18:29 +0100 (CET) Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Allan Gottlieb said: >> At Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:15:32 +0100 Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> What you want is a font that contains the Greek symbols >>> as well as the Latin-1 ones, as good Unicode fonts do. I think Ariel >>> was made to be as covering as possible. You'll then also need some way >>> to insert the right characters, in Linux I can just set the keyboard >>> layout to be Greek, and it works (as attached image shows). >> >> I run (gentoo) linux and have ariel. How do I set the keyboard layout >> to be greek? > > In Gnome, use the Keyboard Preferences program (gnome-keyboard-properties) > and and another keyboard under Layouts. You can then under Layout > Options choose which key combos change the layout. You can also add a > keyboard indicator to the status bar to see which layout is active. I > don't know how to do the similar task in a KDE-based desktop. I do run gnome and, following your suggestion, added "Greece" to Layout (default U.S. English). I can switch between the two layouts with "both alt" key. I put the applet on my panel and can see USA change to Gre when I click. But I must be missing the dia part. If I start and use the text tool I still get US English characters. I tried the left alt, no effect, and the right alt, no text at all. What must I do next? Thanks again, allan _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
