On Thursday, 03 January 2002 11:07 am, Robert Thyberg wrote:
In KMail under SuSE 7.3, I am using a standard 101-key keyboard set up with English (US) and US-ascii in the Kmail setup. Frequently I need to use diacritical marks (Swedish and German).
Bob, Assuming you're using KDE... Go to Control Center, Peripherals, Keyboard. On the right side panel, Keyboard Model should be showing Generic 101-key PC. On the line below, Primary layout probably is showing U.S. English. Click on the small arrow at the right. You have two choices: U.S. English w/deadkeys and U.S. English w/ISO9995-3. Both will achieve the same result, in different ways. I don't like "w/deadkeys" because when I want quotes or apostrophe (" ", it's) it requires the key to be pressed twice, and I keep forgetting that... The "w/ISO9995-3" works this way: if you want quotes (whether ' or ") you simply press the key; when you want öüñçáè you have a three-step procedure: hold Alt, press the accent (or the comma for ç) and then the letter. You even get ¿¡ which are necessary for Spanish! Disclaimer: since I don't have a 101-key keyboard, I don't know whether it's *either* Alt or *only* R-Alt. Regards, gr, in sunny, warm Florida. **"When it comes to war, it counts not who's right, but who's left."** /Dear Abby/