I'm trying to configure a laptop to use multiple keyboard layouts so
I can type in English (without dead keys -- dead keys get in the way
when I'm writing code!) and Spanish (which requires dead keys).

So far, I've got this in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

  Option      "XkbLayout"  "us,us_intl"
  Option      "XkbOptions" "grp:ctrls_toggle"

and that seems to work, except for one thing: I can't get the Spanish
inverted punctuation to show up.  On the us_intl keyboard, that is
produced using the right ALT key together with the normal
punctuation.
>From the testing I've done so far, it appears that something in KDE
is trapping the ALT key combinations, so the Spanish punctuation
doesn't work.

I found an option in the KDE control panel that was able to get the
Spanish punctuation working, but with that option, I couldn't get the
dead keys to shut off.  KDE claimed to have both the US and us_intl
layouts available, but when I switched them, it kept using us_intl
all the time.

Any ideas on ways to get this working?

Thanks
- Gary

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