[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       mandrake-expert
Subject:    SOLVED: Re: [expert] spanish keyboard layout not printing accents.
From:       Juan Luis Baptiste <jbaptiste () cable ! net ! co>
Date:       2005-04-05 4:41:29
Message-ID: 200504042341.29665.jbaptiste () cable ! net ! co
[Download RAW message or body]

Hi Patricia and Jesus,

My ~/.i18n file contained es_CO, but /etc/sysconfig/i18n containded es_US, y 
copied the first over the second one and everything is ok. But I surely would 
want to know what happened in the firts place :S

Thánks fór évérýthíng :)

Cheers,
-- 
Juan Luis Baptiste
http://www.merlinux.org
http://knetworkconf.sf.net
 
El Sáb 02 Abr 2005 07:53, Patricia Fraser escribió:
> Hi Jesus,
>
> > Both of my i18n files have en_US, but the system still ends up with
> > es_US. The locale setting somehow has an impact on the keyboard
> > layout settings; I thought they were independent.  For example, the
> > locale setting determines the language used for system messages, text
> > in windows, etc.; but, I did not think it would have influenced the
> > keyboard layout.
>
> Ha; my i18n files differ one from the other; in the ~/.i18n file I've
> got LANGUAGE and LANG both set to nl.UTF-8, but everything else is
> en_AU.UTF-8. And I don't have the nl keymap set up - don't use it. So I
> don't think that the standard LANG influences the keymap...
>
> > Below is the first segment of my /etc/profiles.d/10lang.sh file;
>
> Mine's the same. However, I *don't* use gdm - I use kdm, which calls
> xdm, so I think unless gdm is used (or whatever happens to set
> GDM_LANG), the problem mightn't arise. If I log out of the KDE session
> (or start another session) and log into Gnome, it's still using the
> language setting from my ~/.i18n; will check how the keyboard settings
> go <saves mail, the machine's not up to two sessions at once!>; okay,
> it works perfectly; in GEdit I get: éŕýúíóáśǵĺźćńḿwith the accent-key.
> And no GDM_LANG has been set. So perhaps the thing to do is avoid using
> gdm, no matter what your window-manager/desktop?
>
> > Enjoy your evening/day.
>
> You too! Thanks for an interesting puzzle, both of you.
>
> Cheers,


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]