Russian keyboard Control+ and Alternate+ key combination problem

[surlyc at alaska.net]

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 at chanzy.eclipse.co.uk>
Date: Sunday, February 26, 2006 1:50 am
Subject: Re: [kde] 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 at alaska.net 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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