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I'm having a hard time getting my keyboard key composition to work as
expected.
I'm working on a lap top which has US keyboard, and I chose the USA
International (with dead keys) layout, and Generic 105-key (Intl) PC as
the model. Since I think most of my local language translations for
applications are more confusing than the English ones, I just stuck with
English for my system default.
The problem is that using dead keys just doesn't work as expected:
typing '+c should give me cedilla, but instead gives me ć; also typing
'+m (or any other consonant) should give me 'm, but instead gives me ḿ.
After installing Brazilian Portuguese support, and choosing it as the
system language, I get the cedilla after typing '+c, but it would still
give me strange symbols like ḿ after typing '+m (or any other
consonant). The problem here is that in almost any Latin language I can
think of, accents above consonants have no meaning, making them just a
very strange symbol (with the notable exception being tilde+n or ñ for
Spanish).
I also type many texts in English, and typing ' over some consonants
(like '+s to write "it's" for example, or '+m to write "I'm") seems to
be a very common and effective way to input texts in multiple languages
(specially Latin languages and English), since accents above consonants
also have no meaning in English (I've googled for it, and got astonished
when I saw how many people complain about this). This is also the
default for every Windows version I've seen, and many Linux distros I've
used in the past.
I fully understand that a default behaviour that would benefit everyone
is impossible, but one should be able to select one system language, and
still input it's text in another language; I wonder why there is such
and option for people inputing in iconographic alphabets (such as
Japanese or Chinese), but not for inputing in Latin alphabet.
Maybe an option for the selection of the input language should be added
in System/Preference/Keyboard (or equivalent menus for other *buntu
distros).
Thanks for your attention, respectfully,
Andre.
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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wrong key compositions for brazilian portuguese (US keyboard)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321347
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