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== FAQ == | == FAQ == | ||
'''Key left of Z''' | '''Key left of Z ( \ | )''' | ||
How to map the key next to Z to the symbols on \ and | (rather than <>) ? | How to map the key next to Z to the symbols on \ and | (rather than <>) ? | ||
Choose the alternative international US keyboard layout. The name will | Choose the alternative international US keyboard layout and variant. The name will depend on you desktop environment: | ||
* English (US, alt. intl.) | * English (US, alt. intl.) | ||
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* English (US, alternative internatioinal) | * English (US, alternative internatioinal) | ||
To set the keyboard layout and variant in the terminal for X-Windows use: | |||
'''Key between Fn and Alt''' | setxkbmap -layout us -variant altgr-intl | ||
'''Note:''' some of the above keyboard variants change the upper left key for ` and ~. You have to press that key twice to get the desired char. This happens with the alt-intl variant. Choose the altgr-intl variant (or however it is called in your desktop environment) and it should work as expected. | |||
The Archlinux Wiki has some good help if you need to tweak your layout further [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg/Keyboard_configuration#Setting_keyboard_layout] | |||
'''Key between Fn and Alt (Menu / Meta)''' | |||
How to map the key between Fn and Alt to SUPER / META ? | How to map the key between Fn and Alt to SUPER / META ? | ||
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The initial setup in many desktop environments maps the key between Fn and Alt to MENU. Although the menu key can be useful as well (e.g. spell correction in the browser) many Desktop environments and window manager also use the Super key for many other useful functions. And user are probably user to have the META key near Ctrl and Alt. | The initial setup in many desktop environments maps the key between Fn and Alt to MENU. Although the menu key can be useful as well (e.g. spell correction in the browser) many Desktop environments and window manager also use the Super key for many other useful functions. And user are probably user to have the META key near Ctrl and Alt. | ||
In X-windows the following command maps the key between Fn and Alt to | In X-windows the following command maps the key between Fn and Alt to META and also the Caps-Lock key to MENU. | ||
setxkbmap -option caps:menu,altwin:alt_super_win | setxkbmap -option caps:menu,altwin:alt_super_win | ||