I can type accented chars in some X progs - SOLVED

Fubarovic · Last edited by Fubarovic on Sat Feb 21, 2004 2:38 pm; edited 1 time in total

I've done a fresh Gentoo install a couple of weeks ago and I'm remergen the tools I used to work with.

I'm running XFree 4.3.0 and XFce 4.0.3.1. I've got my keyboard layout set to us_intl. This works for most of my programs in X: X-Chat, Opera, ... I can type special characters like ï, ê, á, ...

I can't type these in OpenOffice or jEdit though. Does anyone know where I should look to get this solved?

at6 · Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 12:52 pm Post subject: special chars

hi fubarovic,

try to add this

Fubarovic · Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:00 pm Post subject:

I added a line "export LANG="nl_BE@euro";" to /etc/profile. This partly fixes my problem: I can type the accented characters or most of them, but I can't type a ". This is pretty annoying during programming.

Have you got a clue how to fix that problem?

Thanx a lot already.

Fubarovic · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject:

Adding the export... line changes the Linux language, tho.

No I get all kinds of lame messages in Dutch. I had my accents working properly on my former Gentoo install, without having to change the language.

Does anyone have another hint?

Fubarovic · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:12 pm Post subject:

Can someone please help me?

This is the current status:

- I can type accented characters in Opera, X-Chat, XMMS.
- In jEdit and Eclipse I can type accented characters but not the accents themselves
- In OpenOffice I can't type any accents nor accented characters.

I really have no idea where to look anymore.

Fubarovic · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 2:39 pm Post subject:

Ok, I fixed the problem!

I had to configure ALL locales: not just LANG= but also LINGUAS, ...
I'm not on my Linux computer right now so I can't post the correct settings right now, but I'll do it when I have the chance.

Just make sure all of the locales-settings have been set. I set them in my /etc/profile file.

ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

im having the exact same problem.
` `´ ´ ^ ô õ ö ^ ~ works fine in firefox, but in the consoles doesnt work.
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Fubarovic · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:47 pm Post subject:

You mean the TTY's or Xterms?

For TTY's, you simply have to edit the /etc/rc.conf file and to KEYMAP=us-acentos. That's the keymap for "us_intl" keyboards.

ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

my keyboard is danish ( da_DK )
it always been working with KEYMAP="dk-latin1"

and yes in xterms in X
( aterm, xterm, rxvt )
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Fubarovic · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:53 am Post subject:

Did you specify every locale-variable? As I mentioned a few posts before.

ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

what do you mean local variable ? ive been using this setup since last year without any problem, why would i need, now, to add locales variables ?

My keyboard is danish but the whole system is in english, and i want to keep it that way.
im getting really fustrated with this ...
:evil:
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Fubarovic · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject:

If you've been using the setup for over a year, did it ever work properly? The terms I mean.

I had to configure every locale-setting (run locale in a console) to get things right. That's why I suggested it.
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ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

it wouldnt make any sense to run a system for over a year if it didnt work properly and only ask for help now.
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ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

this is the output of "locale" ... ive never noticed this before .. but is this suppose to be right with POSIX all over it ??

Fubarovic · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:57 pm Post subject:

According to the localisation guide you should change it to your "country code".

Couldn't hurt to try.

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ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

from my rc.conf

Koutsos · n00b Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 19 Location: Athens

For typing accented characters in greek (and it should be the same in all other languages) all I need to add in /etc/profile is :

export LC_CTYPE=el_GR
export LC_COLLATE=el_GR

Actually I thing, only the first line is needed. This also fixed problems I used to have, like firefox working correctly with accented characters but ooo did not. I have to mention that adding the above two lines in my ~/.bashrc as described in the gentoo loc. guide, did not work properly.

Also, in XF86config the relative settings are :

Option "XkbLayout" "us,el"
Option "XkbVariant" "extended"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"

This allows me to simply change between en/gr keyboards using left alt + shift.

ZuNBiD · n00b Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 22 Location: Portugal

I'm having this problem:
- In jEdit and Eclipse I can type accented characters but not the accents themselves.

this is locale output:

ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

edit your X server configuration file, and remove the "nodeadkeys"
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ZuNBiD · n00b Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 22 Location: Portugal

I don't have any line with "nodeadkeys" in my XF86config.

But eclipse is working, it's just jEdit that guives me troubles... I'm thinking this is a jEdit bug.

MickKi · Veteran Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Posts: 1173

Any idea what the "POSIX" entry stands for in the locale variables listed above? I mean POSIX is not a country . . .

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ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

just add "export LC_ALL=en_GB" to your .bashrc
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MickKi · Veteran Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Posts: 1173