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That's not a keyboard issue. Everyone in my country uses a standard US keyboard, we just press AlgGr to type some characters. I even learned some foreign lanuga

by msm_ 4y ago

That's not a keyboard issue. Everyone in my country uses a standard US keyboard, we just press AlgGr to type some characters. I even learned some foreign lanugages, so I use a (standard, included by default in every linux distro) keyboard layout that allows me to type most characters used in European languages by using chords - for example, alt-shift-2 + u = ü. So this is not a keyboard (hardware) problem, just a keyboard layout (software) problem.

LarryMullins 4y ago
> standard US keyboard, we just press AlgGr Standard US English keyboards don't have AltGr. But you may mean ctrl+alt on windows or the 'option' button on macs.
- Sunspark 4y ago
  It's the right-alt key. If you're using a layout that defines AltGr, the key will just work like that on a US keyboard. Even with just the US keyboard layout, the right-Alt key can still be used with numbers in Windows to type any unicode character.
  - d110af5ccf 4y ago
    > If you're using a layout that defines AltGr Which the parent was pointing out is nonstandard. There is no alt-gr key on a standard US keyboard. You can certainly remap alt-right to alt-gr but that is nonstandard and doing so does not mean that the key exists on the physical keyboard. For example my caps lock key is mapped to ctrl-left. That is nonstandard.
    - blagie 4y ago
      You're wrong: * Pick any European keymap under Ubuntu, Windows, or Mac with your US keyboard * Hold right-alt and press a key You'll get something like ń or ą. Bonus: Under Ubuntu, you might also have other keys remapped to let you type things like x²≠¼. Bonus hack: Add a Greek keymap, and you can even get to things like Δx = π·y with an alt-space in between.
    - account42 4y ago
      AFAIK neither Windows nor X11 have a concept of an AltGr key - it's just the right alt key so there is nothing to remap. The only difference between US and european layouts is its use as a modifier key.

by msm_ 4y ago

LarryMullins 4y ago

> standard US keyboard, we just press AlgGr Standard US English keyboards don't have AltGr. But you may mean ctrl+alt on windows or the 'option' button on macs.

Sunspark 4y ago
It's the right-alt key. If you're using a layout that defines AltGr, the key will just work like that on a US keyboard. Even with just the US keyboard layout, the right-Alt key can still be used with numbers in Windows to type any unicode character.
- d110af5ccf 4y ago
  > If you're using a layout that defines AltGr Which the parent was pointing out is nonstandard. There is no alt-gr key on a standard US keyboard. You can certainly remap alt-right to alt-gr but that is nonstandard and doing so does not mean that the key exists on the physical keyboard. For example my caps lock key is mapped to ctrl-left. That is nonstandard.
  - blagie 4y ago
    You're wrong: * Pick any European keymap under Ubuntu, Windows, or Mac with your US keyboard * Hold right-alt and press a key You'll get something like ń or ą. Bonus: Under Ubuntu, you might also have other keys remapped to let you type things like x²≠¼. Bonus hack: Add a Greek keymap, and you can even get to things like Δx = π·y with an alt-space in between.
  - account42 4y ago
    AFAIK neither Windows nor X11 have a concept of an AltGr key - it's just the right alt key so there is nothing to remap. The only difference between US and european layouts is its use as a modifier key.