4/29/2014 How to: c cedilla on US-International Keyboard in Fedora 10 - FedoraForum.org

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Use US international layout.

C - cedilla is available on the US international keyboard layout but it is not very easy to find

On the "USA alternative international keyboard (former us_intl)" most accented characters are formed by hitting a punctuation mark followed by a letter.

for example (I will also name the result in case it does not render correctly)`a = > a-grave'e = > e-acute^o = > o-circumflex (Not ctrl-o, but shift-6 o on a US keyboard)"u = > u-umlaut~n = > n-tilda

Then there are the codes that require you to use the RIGHT Alt key

Right-Alt-e EuroRight-Alt-5 EuroRight-Alt-,c lower case c cedilla (Right-alt-comma then c)Right-Alt-,C Upper case c cedilla

If, however you use the "US international (Altgr Dead Keys)" layout

then c-cedilla is just right-alt commaI think the "US international (Altgr Dead Keys)" may have a few more keys useful for western europeans (I couldn' t find the British Pound () or German double-ess ()on the "former us_intl" layout but on the "Altgr dead keys" layout they are where you would expect them to be - right-alt-$ () and right-alt-s ().)

However I don't find the positions of the other accented keys particularly easy to remember so I normally use the former us_intl layout for writing in French and theregular USA layout for everything else.

To change or add layouts in Gnome go to System | Preferences | Keyboard and select the layouts tab. You can add as many countries and variants as you wish - I nowhave the US layout with the three variants mentioned above.

If you click on Layout Options you can select the keys you use to change layouts - I use the two shift keys pressed simultaneously, but there are several otherpossibilities.

Finally when you are done with that dialog you can right-click on the bar at the top of the gnome window and select "Add To Panel" . You will find an item in the dropdown list named "Keyboard indicator". Mine displays USA, USA2 or USA3 depending which variant I have selected and I can cycle through the variants by clicking on theindicator or hitting the shift keys.

I'm not expecting you to undo the work you have already done especially if you have a system that works for you but try this next time you install a system. I haveused the same technique since I switched my main machine from Windows to Fedora 7 and it has always worked right through to my current installation of Fedora 11

Finally - a warning for noobs: If you read this and want to test all the possibilities of every key be careful with the function keys. Hit ctrl-alt-F2 and you will be taken to ablack screen with a text mode login prompt and no way of getting to your browser to find out what to do next. If this happens just hit ctrl-alt-F1 and your desktop shouldre-appear (Use the LEFT alt key for this)