Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jack Strangio Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Non-ASCII characters on a US keyboard under X Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:27:45 GMT Organization: North Star Horizon Builders Club Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="0fbbae08b95eb07450c537b5daeb1191"; logging-data="7022"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+y3vNt9M34Tkwgb1K5RnX5sWf4tAYto+4=" X-Newsreader: TASS News Reader 3.7.2 jvs [linux] Cancel-Lock: sha1:1T/bB8xJsWCCxVZ8iOYkDu49eys= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:19548 Clark Smith writes: > I use a US keyboard. Occassionally, I have to write stuff in > other languages, which requires the use of non-ASCCI characters. Most of the desktop environments have ways of changing the keyboard layouts. I often have to use the French AZERTY keyboard layout when I am writing to French friends. In Mint MATE, that entails installing a Fench keyboard layout. Mint Menu -> System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> Keyboard -> Layouts It's then just a matter of switching the keyboard layout by clicking an icon on the panel. That icon can (just!) be seen showing 'en' for the standard ASCII layout between the HP and volume-Control icons on this image: http://imgur.com/m8ZOoyZ Regards, Jack -- "It's rather cold." she said bitchily.