[oXygen-user] Keyboarding accented characters?

[Espen S. Ore]

Sorin Ristache skrev:
> 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.
>   
So if I am using different writing systems in the same document i 
cannot  change keyboard but have to restart Oxygen for every language 
change? Please add a change of this "feature" to the wishes for new 
Oxygen versions list!!
> 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?
>   
Honestly I don't know how you can reproduce the problem. I just know 
that as late as in 2008 with the versions of oxygen and Ubuntu I was 
then using, I had no problems with typing in accented latin characters 
with my standard keyboard settings (normal Norwegian keyboard), and now 
I cannot although I can key them in in every other editing application I 
use.

Espen
>
> 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
>>>>         
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