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change character encoding in xfce4 desktop

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change character encoding in xfce4 desktop

#1 Post by forum4programs »

Hi,

Can somebody help me how to change character encoding, so I can type more accurately. I don't have english keyboard, but the system use it.

Currently using stable lenny with xfce

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Re: change character encoding in xfce4 desktop

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forum4programs wrote:Hi,

Can somebody help me how to change character encoding, so I can type more accurately. I don't have english keyboard, but the system use it.

Currently using stable lenny with xfce
IIRC, click on the main menu --> Settings --> keyboard --> layout ---> add (your country keyboard)
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Re: change character encoding in xfce4 desktop

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garrincha wrote:IIRC, click on the main menu --> Settings --> keyboard --> layout ---> add (your country keyboard)
Actually, I want to change current keyboard map to Finnish, currently using English.

What I have done to use finnish keyboard layout:

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dpkg-reconfigure locales
dpkg-reconfigure console-data
Nothing work :(

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Re: change character encoding in xfce4 desktop

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forum4programs wrote:
garrincha wrote:IIRC, click on the main menu --> Settings --> keyboard --> layout ---> add (your country keyboard)
Actually, I want to change current keyboard map to Finnish, currently using English.
The method I suggested should work, at least for xfce4 desktop that you're using. When you click on main menu --> settings --> keyboard, click on 'layout' tab and deselect 'use system default' and click on 'add' button, a keyboard layout selection window will come up, from there you can choose 'Finland' and click 'o.k.' If in event that this doesn't work, log out of x and login to take effect.

For console, use dpkg-reconfigure console-data and select keymap from arch list - there should be Finnish listed.
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Re: change character encoding in xfce4 desktop

#5 Post by forum4programs »

garrincha wrote:
forum4programs wrote:
garrincha wrote:IIRC, click on the main menu --> Settings --> keyboard --> layout ---> add (your country keyboard)
Actually, I want to change current keyboard map to Finnish, currently using English.
The method I suggested should work, at least for xfce4 desktop that you're using. When you click on main menu --> settings --> keyboard, click on 'layout' tab and deselect 'use system default' and click on 'add' button, a keyboard layout selection window will come up, from there you can choose 'Finland' and click 'o.k.' If in event that this doesn't work, log out of x and login to take effect.
Cant find add-button anywhere.
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garrincha wrote:For console, use dpkg-reconfigure console-data and select keymap from arch list - there should be Finnish listed.
Yes, There is. - select keymap from arch list => qwerty => Finnish => standard
But it works only on tty console. :(

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Re: change character encoding in xfce4 desktop

#6 Post by garrincha »

What version of xfce4 you're using? I'm currently on Debian Squeeze and the xfce4 version is 4.6.1 (same as in Debian unstable):
After clicking on main menu: setting --> keyboard and then click on add to bring up the selection window:
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