An unnamed Administration source, Collins Richey, wrote: > OK, we had the "Easy umlauts" series, but nothing seems to work for me, > so can we do some X basics? I've spent days googling and man'ing > without coming up with any answers. As usual with most things linux or > X, RTFM is great if you know which FM in advance <grin>. > > 1. Where do you find a description about the exact meaning of "PC101", > "PC104", "pickakeyboard layout", etc. ? My keyboard is one of the usual > current generation with left and right CTL and ALT keys and the three > extra WinCruft keys. What is the number?
Count the keys. I'm thinking that with your description, you'll have 104 keys, thus, you have PC104. > 2. Where do you find the meaning of cryptic keycode descriptors like > "AltGr-" ? > > 3. Where do you find the meaning of "Compose Key" , "Meta Key" , "Mode > n", etc. ? Meta is either Esc or Alt. I don't know about the Mode keys - this has always confused me. > 4. My X config has the following layout, but I can't find any > combination of keys that will generate umlauts and other international > character. What am I missing? > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc104" > Option "XkbLayout" "us_intl" > EndSection > > 5. Font selection is OK. Emails display the appropriate umlauts, etc. > > Your help would be appreciated. > > -- > Collins Richey - Denver Area > gentoo stable - ext3 > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Q: How did you get into artificial intelligence? A: Seemed logical -- I didn't have any real intelligence. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
