Hola Basil:
Thank you for your prompt response. Your
reply along with Andriy's helped direct me in
solving my problem.
The solution was to edit the file xfree86
in /etc/X11/xkb/rules/. There are three lines
near the top of this file that are commented
and start with !nonlatin followed by abbreviations
for various nonlatin-alphabet languages.
The file contains instructions to uncomment the
!nonlatin lines when using nonlatin keyboards.
This is a little obscure and certainly could be
better implemented. But, now I can avoid having
to reboot to Windows when I need to do alot of
work in Russian.
Best regards,
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: Basil Fowler <bjfowler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, February 26, 2006 1:50 am
Subject: Re: Russian keyboard Control+ and Alternate+ key combination problem
> When you press ctl-whatever, a signal is send to the keyboard
> controller. This
> signal is independent of the keyboard being used, it is purely a
> matter of
> hardware. Once this hardware signal reaches the keyboard
> controller chip
> within the computer, it is interpreted into signals according to a
> preloaded
> keymap. This could be an English keymap, or Russian, or whatever.
>
> The keymaps for an X display are kept in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols.
> As always in *n*x systems, these files are plain text and can be
> modified. I
> have used this editing facility to extend the standard French
> keyboard that I
> usually use with extra accented letters.
>
> I have had a look at the Russian keyboard, /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/ru,
> and I see
> how it works, but I am not sufficiently experienced to recommend
> how to
> modify the mapping to produce the results you want. For the
> moment, I would
> suggest that you use the keycombo such as shift-R+shift-L to
> momentarily swap
> to a Latin keyboard, press Ctrl-whatever and then return.
>
> You may need to contact people with direct X experience for further
> details.
> This is not specifically a KDE problem, but an X server problem. I
> am sure
> that the problem has been solved already. A Russian language
> mailing list
> should dig up the required info.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Basil Fowler
>
>
>
> On Saturday 25 Feb 2006 21:34, surlyc@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I am using SuSE 10.0 with KDE 3.4.2. I have 3 KDE keyboards set up:
> > Russian, English, and Spanish.
> >
> > The Russian keyboard does not have the function of the Control or
> Alternate> keys. For example, there is no Ctrl key combination that
> actuates bolding
> > or italics in a word processor and there is no Alt key
> combination that
> > activates menus (e.g., File or Edit menus). These key
> combinations work
> > fine with the KDE English and Spanish keyboards.
> >
> > Can you advise me regarding what my problem might be and how to
> solve it?
> >
> > Thank you for your attention.
> >
> > Alex
> >
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