[opensuse] Secondary keyboard?
Hello, My system has a primary language (English UK) and a secondary language (Russian). I'd like to install a secondary keyboard too. But YaST only lets me choose one system keyboard layout. How can I get the secondary keyboard to work, apart from manually editing x.org configuration? -- Yours, Mikhail Ramendik Unless explicitly stated, all opinions in my mail are my own and do not reflect the views of any organization -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2016-06-06 01:42, Mikhail Ramendik wrote:
Hello,
My system has a primary language (English UK) and a secondary language (Russian). I'd like to install a secondary keyboard too.
But YaST only lets me choose one system keyboard layout.
How can I get the secondary keyboard to work, apart from manually editing x.org configuration?
I think you can do this in the desktop configuration. You haven't said which you use. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAldUueMACgkQja8UbcUWM1xsCQEAi8L1NpBuhZzoUSPS+4DT2SF4 Ehn3B5EdvbrcdCtb+UsA/0mgG2YFtqQoFbMCVl4XmId7OYGM2F3DRRnoteQ+1HbB =MOed -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 06/05/2016 07:42 PM, Mikhail Ramendik wrote:
Hello,
My system has a primary language (English UK) and a secondary language (Russian). I'd like to install a secondary keyboard too.
But YaST only lets me choose one system keyboard layout.
How can I get the secondary keyboard to work, apart from manually editing x.org configuration?
In the KDE desktop configuration, you can enable multiple keyboard layouts and then select them, either by pressing Crtl-Shift or by clicking on the keyboard layout button on the task bar. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 6 June 2016 at 01:19, James Knott
How can I get the secondary keyboard to work, apart from manually editing x.org configuration?
In the KDE desktop configuration, you can enable multiple keyboard layouts and then select them, either by pressing Crtl-Shift or by clicking on the keyboard layout button on the task bar.
Thanks, this has worked. I wonder if I might go back to IceWM and if the setting is going to hold, but for now I'm on KDE Plasma and it's all working. -- Yours, Mikhail Ramendik Unless explicitly stated, all opinions in my mail are my own and do not reflect the views of any organization -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 06/05/2016 07:42 PM, Mikhail Ramendik wrote:
Hello,
My system has a primary language (English UK) and a secondary language (Russian). I'd like to install a secondary keyboard too.
But YaST only lets me choose one system keyboard layout.
How can I get the secondary keyboard to work, apart from manually editing x.org configuration?
In the KDE desktop configuration, you can enable multiple keyboard layouts and then select them, either by pressing Crtl-Shift or by clicking on the keyboard layout button on the task bar. I think you might also be able to connect two usb keyboards, one with Latin letters and one with Cyrillic characters and layout, both at the same time. If the machine could only use one port for the k/b, then connect them both via a hub. (I don't know if
On 06/05/2016 07:19 PM, James Knott wrote: that would work--the computer must know that there's more than one device on its one usb i/o.) You'd still have to tell the computer which language to expect. I don't write Russian, but I'd be curious to know if this would work--others who write in a highly inflected language like French might also be able to take advantage of this arrangement. (I've never seen a French k/b, but there must be one, that has all the accents and curlicues, etc.) --dm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 06/05/2016 07:42 PM, Mikhail Ramendik wrote:
Hello,
My system has a primary language (English UK) and a secondary language (Russian). I'd like to install a secondary keyboard too.
But YaST only lets me choose one system keyboard layout.
How can I get the secondary keyboard to work, apart from manually editing x.org configuration?
I seem to recall years ago on my laptop a widget in the bottom panel that was a language chooser. I used to to switch between the British and American keyboard layouts as the laptop had a English keyboard even though my fingers now the American keyboard. That far back it might well have been the Gnome desktop of that era; I can't see one, or at least don't have one loaded, for KDE4. (This is one reason I've not bought a laptop recently; here in the GWN they all seem to have the GovCan approved Quebec/French layout. Its not that they keys are labelled differently, they are different shapes.) -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 06/06/2016 01:42 AM, Mikhail Ramendik wrote:
Hello,
My system has a primary language (English UK) and a secondary language (Russian). I'd like to install a secondary keyboard too.
But YaST only lets me choose one system keyboard layout.
How can I get the secondary keyboard to work, apart from manually editing x.org configuration?
I'm using a US keyboard yet sometimes need some German Umlauts. With the following, I can toggle between the 2 layouts by pressing the - otherwise unused - Right Win key: setxkbmap -layout us,de -variant ,nodeadkeys \ -option grp:rwin_toggle,grp_led:scroll When the 'de' layout is active, the Scroll Lock LED is on. ;-) I've put the above into my ~/.xinitrc. FWIW I'm using 'openbox' as window manager, but this should also work with others. Have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 06/06/2016 01:42 AM, Mikhail Ramendik wrote:
Hello,
My system has a primary language (English UK) and a secondary language (Russian). I'd like to install a secondary keyboard too.
But YaST only lets me choose one system keyboard layout.
How can I get the secondary keyboard to work, apart from manually editing x.org configuration?
I'm using a US keyboard yet sometimes need some German Umlauts. With the following, I can toggle between the 2 layouts by pressing the - otherwise unused - Right Win key:
setxkbmap -layout us,de -variant ,nodeadkeys \ -option grp:rwin_toggle,grp_led:scroll
When the 'de' layout is active, the Scroll Lock LED is on. ;-) I've put the above into my ~/.xinitrc. FWIW I'm using 'openbox' as window manager, but this should also work with others.
Have a nice day, Berny You can also get umlauts, esstzets, and all sorts of accents and diacrits by using a Compose key. In Linux, you can set a compose key in
On 06/06/2016 01:31 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote: the keyboard settings menu--I use right-alt, since I have an old IBM keyboard with no Windows keys, but if you have a Windows k/b, the right Win key would be ideal. To use the compose key, you type (usually) two characters after hitting Compose and letting go. So for an o with an umlaut, it's Compose>">o: ö likewise for ä, ü. For capital letters, you need to upcase the letter: Ö, Ä, Ü. And for esstzet. it's Compose>s>s: ß. You can get vowels with accents in Italian, French, Spanish, etc. à uses the back-tick below the ~, and of course, ñ uses that character. You can also get £, ¢, and ° (Compose>o>o). And lots of other things--Google for compose sequences. Here's a useful one if you're into electronics: µ Greek mu, for micro. Compose>/>u. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
06.06.2016 22:10, Doug пишет:
On 06/06/2016 01:31 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 06/06/2016 01:42 AM, Mikhail Ramendik wrote:
Hello,
My system has a primary language (English UK) and a secondary language (Russian). I'd like to install a secondary keyboard too.
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You can also get umlauts, esstzets, and all sorts of accents and diacrits by using a Compose key.
What Compose key has to do with switching between completely different layouts? Compose sequences are still part of the same layout; here the problem is to switch to something entirely different. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
participants (7)
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Andrei Borzenkov
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Anton Aylward
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Bernhard Voelker
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Carlos E. R.
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Doug
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James Knott
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Mikhail Ramendik