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To: nornagon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [SLUG] how to type £

On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:06:01AM +1100, nornagon wrote:
> Find a keyboard manager somewhere (been a while since I used xfce) and
> set this xkb option: compose:menu
> 
> Then press the menu key (here it looks like a cursor over a context
> menu), then L then -. £. It does a whole bunch of other things, too -
> ãéïôū²€.·˙ø
I have this in my xorg.conf                                                     
                                                                                
                        
Section "InputDevice"                                                           
                                                                                
                        
    Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"                                              
                                                                                
                        
    Driver      "keyboard"                                                      
                                                                                
                        
    Option      "CoreKeyboard"                                                  
                                                                                
                        
    Option      "XkbRules"  "xorg"                                              
                                                                                
                        
    #Option     "XkbModel"  "pc104"                                             
                                                                                
                        
    Option      "XkbModel"  "pc105"                                             
                                                                                
                        
    Option      "XkbLayout" "us"                                                
                                                                                
                        
    #Option      "XkbOptions" "compose:ralt"                                    
                                                                                
                        
    Option      "XkbOptions" "compose:menu"                                     
                                                                                
                        
    #Option     "XkbOptions"  "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:menu"                    
                                                                                
                        
EndSection                                                                      
                                                                                
                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
                        
but now I am having problems with actually typing the £ I try {menu} p and      
                                                                                
                        
nothing                         

> 
> On 12/14/06, Alexander Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi
> >
> >How do I go about typing £ on a US keyboard ? I currently have to search 
> >for
> >the symbol on the net and then copy and paste it with in x.
> >
> >Running debian etch-amd64, Xorg xfce4
> >
> >How do I go about configuring a alt key to be a alt-gr key
> >
> >
> >thank
> >
> >alex
> >
> >
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