XKB and the Dutch

Tim Dijkstra newsuser at famdijkstra.org
Mon Jan 29 11:09:31 PST 2007


On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:38:18 +0100
Rene Herman <rene.herman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good day.
> 
> If I'm not mailing to the right list, please inform me; I don't know
> anything about X development...
> 
> More than 99% of Dutch computer users use a standaard US international
> keyboard, not a Dutch one. We do want to type the Euro symbol though.
> This can be done via composition but on many keyboards the EuroSign is
> on the "e" key cap (this is a EU standard in fact) and on some it's on
> the 5 key cap.
> 
> Using the standard:
> 
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> 

If you add one extra line here, namely:

	Option	"XkbOptions" "eurosign:e"

You'll get what you. "eurosign:5" also works.

Als het goed is tenminste...

grts Tim



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