Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:44:07 -0500 (EST) From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> To: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>, "Webster, Andrew" <awebster@connectalk.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: setting up french keyboard Message-ID: <20060226204407.49694.qmail@web60022.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060226202200.81510.qmail@web60025.mail.yahoo.com>
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--- Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
> --- "Webster, Andrew" <awebster@connectalk.com> wrote:
>
> > > --- "Webster, Andrew" <awebster@connectalk.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Hi. Does anyone know how I can set up my 5.4 system to output
> > French
> > > > > characters? If so, how?
> > > >
> >
> > Try this when X is running:
> > setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout ca -variant basic
>
> Hey! This works in my X windows (é, è, ç, à, ê, ï) but my
> terminal
> emits beeps. Is this normal? Is the an easier way (X gadget) to toggle
> back or do I need to always use the setxkbmap command?
>
> $ setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout ca -variant basic
> $ setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout us -variant basic
Hmmm. Looks like my perfectly good French accents in my compose window do
not end up as such when I read them in my browser. When I reply (what I'm
doing now) they come back to good characters. Is this normal? Anyways, I
modified my xorg.conf keyboad section to try to toggle keyboard maps:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,ca"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:toggle"
EndSection
Surprisingly, by simply hitting the Right-Alt key I go from us to ca
although hitting the key again has no effect. Does anyone know how I can
toggle without having to issue commands all the time?
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