11 Apr
2022
11 Apr
'22
4:09 a.m.
On Sunday 10 April 2022 15:17:49 nemo wrote:
users(a)trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
So, let me get this straight ...
What started as a joke (i.e., use a diaeresis instead of an umlaut) actually
turned out to be correct? How weird is that?!
On Saturday 12 February 2022 03:42:45 Felmon
Davis wrote:
> >>>> I kinda need Umlauts.
I wrote the above in February and got some tips about restoring Umlauts (or
as I am proud to say now Umläute) but to no avail. (But thanks, Bill, and
others!)
I tried through the Trinity Control Center -- after all, things had worked
that way from the first installation -- but no joy (using a Q4os blend of
TDE).
Frustrating. Plus I had problems with double quotes and single quotes but
solved them, not sure how, mainly restoring a setting that worked before.
But months of 'ae' and 'ue' and 'oe'! dispiriting.
Decided to dive under the gui. edited /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us and
dumped some key codes (diaeresis markers added to a, u and o), restarted
the session and after a couple of mistrials and adjustments the Umläute are
back!
I would like to change the compose key but haven't found the incantation
yet.
Anyway, the trick was to dump the following into
/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us:
key <AD07> { [ u, U, udiaeresis, Udiaeresis ] };
key <AD09> { [ o, O, odiaeresis, Odiaeresis ] };
key <AC01> { [ a, A, adiaeresis, Adiaeresis ] };
key <AC02> { [ s, S, U00DF, NoSymbol ] };
how does the 'us' file determine the compose
key, or is that set through
the Control Center? it must be possible to set it here instead.
us, meaning US for locale?
in my case the 'us' file set for:
xkb_symbols "basic" {
name[Group1] = "English (US)";
....
I have not played with .xmodmap.
Felmon
Didn't think of xkb, but that makes sense.
The problem with single and double quotes has me stumped, but I don't use your
keyboard setup.
I doubt that this could be an issue; however, I did have some problems getting
Q4OS to work as I wanted. In particular, as I recall, I could not set my
password using "special characters" -- although I imagine it was possible to
change that later, if I had got more into it. It is one of those kinds of
snags that happen more often with preconfigured stuff, such as Q4OS. I didn't
stay long with Q4OS, but went straight for Debian and then Devuan.
Just throwing it out there for consideration.
Bill