marcus
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« on: October 07, 2007, 03:43:06 am » |
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How can I use my regular keyboard to write cyrillic letters? I can look at Russian stuff over the web just fine, but I can't figure out how to write in Russian myself. Can I create a shortcut which would allow me to switch between latin characters and cyrillic on the fly? I'm stuck with copy & paste from Character Map: there must be a quicker way!
I'm using Standard VL 5.8 with xfce.
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Miki Tebeka
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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2007, 01:19:35 pm » |
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Have the following in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru"
EndSection
Note: I *think* it's "ru" for Russian. Restart your X (CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE). Then click on the panel, "Add new item" and select "Keyboard Layout Switcher" (if you're using XFCE, don't know about KDE). HTH. -- Miki |
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blurymind
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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2007, 01:05:08 am » |
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"us,ru(phonetic)"
if you preffer phonetic keyboard layout (like me)..
there is another way around it, by making a launcher that changes them with commands..but this ones best
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NeoGeo
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« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2007, 10:51:48 pm » |
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In /etc/X11/xorg.conf change For use CAPS Lock for switch Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru(winkeys)"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:caps_toggle,grp_led:caps"
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or this - Ctrl+Shift Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru(winkeys)"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
EndSection
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budulay
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« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2008, 05:27:53 pm » |
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Hello,
I have VectorLinux 5.9 standard gold.
Is this way will work in my case?
thank you.
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budulay
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« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2008, 01:53:56 pm » |
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I did tryed and it works!!!
Now I have 2 keymaps!
It the event to celebrate.
I think it will be useful to add this tweak to HowTos...
If nobody is against it, I will do it:-)
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fuelinux
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« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2008, 10:50:02 pm » |
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does anybody know, how to manage to switch between layouts with LEFT shft+alt?
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boneygamba
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« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2008, 02:27:39 am » |
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does anybody know, how to manage to switch between layouts with LEFT shft+alt?
if you add the following line to xorg.conf as detailed above, you should be able to switch layouts as you describe. Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"i tried this in vl5.9 and it works in kde + xfce desktop environments. it also works if you press RIGHT shift+alt so it may not be entirely what you are looking for. By the way, there are some other combinations listed in the file: /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst that you might be able to use if deemed appropriate. --paul |
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fuelinux
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« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2008, 02:44:19 am » |
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boneygamba In my case ONLY the RIGHT alt+shft switches layouts  It is supposed that adding "l" will make LEFT alt+shft to work ("grp: lalt_ lshift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"), but not with my keyboard not a biggy indeed, but for me it's more convinient to use left keys |
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boneygamba
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« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2008, 03:01:00 am » |
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boneygamba In my case ONLY the RIGHT alt+shft switches layouts It is supposed that adding "l" will make LEFT alt+shft to work ("grp: lalt_ lshift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"), but not with my keyboard not a biggy indeed, but for me it's more convinient to use left keys sorry to see that it did not help.  i tried adding the 'l' to various combinations but then no layout switching occurred. It seems that only the combinations that are listed in that xorg.lst file that i mentioned in my last post are allowed.? i do not know if this is truly the case but it seems to be from my trial and error experiments. i was mildly surprised that the LEFT alt/shift (or shift/alt) combination worked but when i reread the rule description it merely says 'Alt+Shift changes group.'. So i assume that means that both sides should work. Maybe it is your keyboard. i have no other clues except to maybe suggest that you set the keyboard model in xorg.conf(if you have not already done so) to see if that makes a difference. --paul |
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fuelinux
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« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2008, 04:03:12 am » |
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It's OK Paul I just replaced it with LEFT WIN key  |
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boneygamba
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« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2008, 04:09:12 am » |
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I just replaced it with LEFT WIN key yay! glad to see you've been able to put the WIN key to some good use.  |
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fuelinux
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« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2008, 02:23:54 am » |
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I just replaced it with LEFT WIN key yay! glad to see you've been able to put the WIN key to some good use. LOL indeed! #flooding a little  |
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