Create your own personal keyboard layout

[MountainLion37]

I can't get deadacute-c to become ć. The file /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose says that it should be, but I'm always getting ç out of the key combination, and it's really annoying to type CtrlShift-u107 every time I need that character. Is there something wrong with the UK-international keyboard, or is it a feature (it's not a bug, I've checked) of the default IME?

[roberto.tomas]

I can't get deadacute-c to become ć. The file /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose says that it should be, but I'm always getting ç out of the key combination, and it's really annoying to type CtrlShift-u107 every time I need that character. Is there something wrong with the UK-international keyboard, or is it a feature (it's not a bug, I've checked) of the default IME?

Compose is a different feature than keyboard locale, and many of the settings for regular deadkeys, etc, won't work as it says in that file. You have to see the latin-4 settings (I think) .. it should be [alt-GR]+['] [c] to get the character you want.

[MountainLion37]

Compose is a different feature than keyboard locale, and many of the settings for regular deadkeys, etc, won't work as it says in that file. You have to see the latin-4 settings (I think) .. it should be [alt-GR]+['] [c] to get the character you want.

I do that and get ĉ. AltGr-; gives me the dead acute, but on c it gives me a cedilla.
áçéǵíḱĺḿńóṕŕśúýźǽǿ

[abefroman99]

How can I add quick Spanish characters to my keyboard layout, without changing the whole map?

For instance if I want
right alt+e to be e with an accent
or
right alt+shift+e to be e with an accent

and
alt+n to be the n with the ~

How can I do that?

Thanks!

[henriquemaia]

How can I add quick Spanish characters to my keyboard layout, without changing the whole map?

For instance if I want
right alt+e to be e with an accent
or
right alt+shift+e to be e with an accent

and
alt+n to be the n with the ~

How can I do that?

Thanks!

You can achieve this by two different methods. They're simpler than creating your own layout, but they also come with their troubles. Don't be discouraged by this, try and experience for yourself, see what suits you best.

1. Compose Key method.

2. xmodmap method.

Good luck.

[abefroman99]

Thanks henriquemaia!

But I'm not having much luck with either.

I think part of the problem is my keyboard doesnt have an Alt-GR button, and also I can't seem to get the Spanish chacters to display even if is do something like Alt+164 for the (n~).

Any ideas?

When I tried the xev one, I held down alt and then pressed n and this came up:

KeyPress event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x9a00001,
    root 0x131, subw 0x0, time 817838225, (173,373), root:(178,537),
    state 0x10, keycode 108 (keysym 0xffea, Alt_R), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x9a00001,
    root 0x131, subw 0x0, time 817840481, (173,373), root:(178,537),
    state 0x18, keycode 57 (keysym 0x6e, n), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6e) "n"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6e) "n"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

So I would need to remap that to display n~ with the ~ over the n.

[henriquemaia]

Thanks henriquemaia!

But I'm not having much luck with either.

I think part of the problem is my keyboard doesnt have an Alt-GR button, and also I can't seem to get the Spanish chacters to display even if is do something like Alt+164 for the (n~).

Any ideas?

When I tried the xev one, I held down alt and then pressed n and this came up:

KeyPress event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x9a00001,
    root 0x131, subw 0x0, time 817838225, (173,373), root:(178,537),
    state 0x10, keycode 108 (keysym 0xffea, Alt_R), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x9a00001,
    root 0x131, subw 0x0, time 817840481, (173,373), root:(178,537),
    state 0x18, keycode 57 (keysym 0x6e, n), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6e) "n"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (6e) "n"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

So I would need to remap that to display n~ with the ~ over the n.

Well, the way I see it, it's better if you try the compose key method. It's pretty straightforward to configure, and a lot of fun to use. Really. It's not just about having ~ + n =ñ, but having fractions, crazy drawings, even whole sentences with simple combinations of keys.

The principle behind it is:
Once you press the compose key, the ones you press afterwards make the combination that produce the result you want.

You can check an example here:
http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/Co...f_XCompose_Map

Good luck with your combinations. I find it really fun to play with.