On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:26:14AM -0500, Chris Bennett wrote: > Chris Bennett wrote: >> Mats O Jansson wrote: >>> On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Chris Bennett wrote: >>> >>>> I do most of my work in English, but I also do a small amount in >>>> Spanish. >>>> I have a Spanish keyboard, but when I tried hooking it up, didn't >>>> get what was on keys. >>> >>> there is no problems to have different encodings on two keyboards. >>> the following command will change the encoding on the second one. >>> >>> wsconsctl -f /dev/wskbd1 keyboard.encoding=es >>> >>> -moj >>> >>> >> I tried kbd, that was unsuccesful. Even after rebooting with spanish >> keyboard only. >> >> wsconsctl -f /dev/wskbd1 keyboard.encoding=es sort of works, but >> things are not matching keyboard completely, still, I get many useful >> characters. >> Not working in all apps though. >> Also is messing up kbd0. >> >> I also got a recommendation to use setxkbmap, but I'm going to have to >> see what I can search for to use that, man page was not helpful. >> >> Chris Bennett >> > I'm going to have to give my vote to setxkbmap es > > Simple and easy to change. The markings on the keyboard don't really > match exactly, but I figured out how to get everything I need to work. > Still fails to work right in a few places like xterm, but works right in > vi, etc so I can now edit in spanish. > Good enough for me! > > Thanks all, > Chris Bennett > > -- > A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, > butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance > accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, > give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new > problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight > efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. > -- Robert Heinlein >
Well i do have a custom .xmodmap file with all my needs xmodmap(1) Saludos. -- DISCLAIMER: http://goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/ This message will self-destruct in 3 seconds.
