[oXygen-user] Keyboarding accented characters?

[Sorin Ristache]

Hello,

Please tell me if the following steps can be used for reproducing the 
problem. I set the default keyboard layout to Norway on Ubuntu from menu 
System -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Layouts and the option "Press Right 
Alt key to choose 3rd level" is selected from Layout Options -> Third 
level choosers. Right Alt key is called AltGr on some keyboards. I start 
up Oxygen and when I press Alt right + 2 I get "@". When I press Alt 
right + e, Alt right + y, Alt right + a I get "é", "ý", "à". I get the 
same characters in both Text mode and Author mode of Oxygen. Are they 
the expected characters? If not what characters do you get in other 
applications that you do not get in Oxygen and for what keys?


Regards,
Sorin


Espen S. Ore wrote:
> Please forgive me and point me in the right direction if this is 
> available in a FAQ, but I have not found exactly this problem:
> 
> With Oxygen 10.1 under Ubuntu 8.10 and a Norwegian Windows keyboard I 
> have problems with characters that need the AltGr-combination. (And with 
> some other keyboard-related setups, for instance I have a keyboard setup 
> for Greek which works fine in all other programs than Oxygen)
> 
> the top-right key on my keyboard is supposed to give accent-grave when i 
> click this key first and then a character key for which there is an 
> accent-grave combination. If I hold down the AltGr-key, click on this 
> before mentioned key and then a character key for which *this* is 
> meaningful, I get an acute accented character. But in Oxygen neither of 
> these combinations work.
> 
> On this same keyboard I am supposed to hold down AltGr and type "2" to 
> get the "@". this also doesn't work in Oxygen, I just get the "2". It 
> seems as if all the combination keys are non-functioning when I am 
> typing in text in Oxygen. Are there any settings where I can turn on 
> ordinary keyboard behaviour?
> 
> Best regards,
> Espen S. Ore