[oXygen-user] Keyboarding accented characters?

[Sorin Ristache]

Hello,

When you change the keyboard layout you have to restart Oxygen because 
the change of the layout does not change the input method in the Java 
virtual machine. That means the Greek layout is ignored if you set it 
while Oxygen is running.

I set a Norwegian layout and I started Oxygen. I tried some Alt Right 
character combinations in 5 different applications and in Oxygen. The 
same characters are inserted in all applications. I do not have a key 
AltGr but I set the option "Press Right Alt key to choose 3rd level" in 
Layout Options -> Third level choosers (in Keyboard preferences). For 
example what is inserted on your Ubuntu machine in the Oxygen editor and 
in other editor application when you use the Norwegian layout and you 
press Right Alt + a, Right Alt + e, Right Alt + y?

Maybe there are other settings that are different on your machine? How 
can I reproduce the problem?


Regards,
Sorin


Espen S. Ore wrote:
> Thank you for your quick reply!
> 
> Basically Alt Right (AltGr on my keyboard) works in all other editors 
> except for Oxygen. In addition the dead key accents I have on my 
> keyboard (where I don't need to use the Alt Right) also don't work in 
> oxygen but in everything else. And if I change keyboard to Greek 
> keyboard - and this is especially important for my Oxygen use - this 
> keyboard change is ignored in Oxygen but works again in everything else.
> 
> I have just downloaded the oxygen 10.2 for Linux and will send a message 
> if this makes any difference.
> 
> Best regards,
> Espen
> 
> Sorin Ristache skrev:
>> 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