Sorry, I can't help you further, hope someone more knowledgable does. But I think you should try a newsgroup more relative to localazation than to XFree86.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [Newbie]xkb > At 08:58 AM 11/1/2002 +0200, you wrote: > try: > setxkbmap -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle" > > OK, I tried. There must be something more to this... I suspect that xkb has > to be configured for whatever keyboards are needed (like US English and > French). I haven't found any information on how to go about this without > getting into heavy programming. > I looked at man setxkbmap and don't understand too much... :(( > PJ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 7:49 PM > Subject: [Newbie]xkb > > > > I need to switch languages (English, French, Italian) very often within > the > > same document where I am using text and graphics - in OpenOffice, > specifically. > > s there some way to switch keyboard layouts on FreeBSD quickly and > > painlessly as can be done on Windows? > > On Windows, hiting Left Shift + Alt switches between keyboards. > > An alternate way of entering accented or "strange" characters (on Windows) > > is to hold down Alt and enter the ASCII codes from the number pad, e.g. > Alt > > - 0233 produces �. > > I was told that xkb (or is it XKB) could do this; that I could switch > > keyboards with hotkeys. Would this work in OpenOffice? In kde3? > > Where can I find info on how to implement and use? > > Thanks in advance, > > PJ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
