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Re: French keyboard : XWin -query
- From: Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at yahoo dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 08:34:21 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: French keyboard : XWin -query
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
--- UTZEL Nadine <UTZEL@drfccad.cea.fr> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I try to replace Exceed by Xfree86 in my department of research.
> In my .bat file, I generate a keymap and I connect to a hostname
> parameter
> (see after).
>
> So, at the login windows, my keyboard is french and so during my
> session.
>
> But, the ALT GR doesn't work. So we can't use XFree86, because our
> scientists need
> ~ { [ | \ ] } in their programs or in their Matlab session.
>
> What is your solution for this problem ?
The easiest solution is to purchase English Keyboards, which is what
the current Cygwin/XFree maintainer uses. However, if you persist on
using the nonstandard keyboard, my suggestion would be to search the
mailinglist archives -- the URL is located at the bottom of this
message.
Cheers,
Nicholas
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