From: "R. Diez" <rdiezmail-temp2@yahoo.de>
To: kbd@lists.altlinux.org
Subject: [kbd] Characters '<', '>' etc. with German layout
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 16:01:26 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e12b4003-8661-4325-4af4-3af082910b94@yahoo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: e12b4003-8661-4325-4af4-3af082910b94.ref@yahoo.de
Hi all:
I am using Ubuntu 20.04.4, with the MATE Desktop Environment, on a
Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptop.
I believe that the right keyboard model for this laptop is a "Lenovo
(previously IBM)", "IBM Space Saver".
On xkeycaps, I think the right model is "IBM", "ThinkPad 770".
I have 2 keyboard layouts installed: Spanish and German, and I am having
difficulty typing some common ASCII characters like '<', '>', the pipe
symbol '|', etc. That is very annoying when working on a shell console.
When using the Spanish layout, I can get '<' and '>' by holding the
right Alt key and one of the shift keys, and then pressing 'x' or 'z'
(it may be 'y', because 'y' and 'z' and swapped on German keyboards).
However, when using the German layout, the same key combinations
generate some Unicode variant of '<' and '>', namely '‹' and '›', which
the shell does not recognise as redirection indicators.
I haven't managed to type the pipe symbol ('|') yet with the German
layout, so I am constantly switching layouts.
Is there an easy way to fix these annoyances? Or do I have to learn how
to create my own keyboard layouts?
I am completely unfamiliar with Linux keyboard support. Is the kbd
project the right place to ask at all?
Thanks in advance,
rdiez
next parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-24 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <e12b4003-8661-4325-4af4-3af082910b94.ref@yahoo.de>
2021-12-24 16:01 ` R. Diez [this message]
[not found] <288cad40-8cbb-33af-85a5-3ee651eed3f1.ref@yahoo.de>
2022-01-05 15:49 ` [kbd] Characters '<', '>' etc. with German layout R. Diez
2022-01-06 13:27 ` Alexey Gladkov
2022-01-13 19:39 ` R. Diez
2022-01-17 12:29 ` Alexey Gladkov
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