Add keyboard layout in Fedora 28..?

[MissRiaElaine]

Hi all,

How do I go about adding a new keyboard layout in Fedora 28..? When I
installed the OS, I added the US and UK layouts; the PC has a US layout
but I wanted the UK layout to make it easier when I wanted to add the
pound sign etc.

Yesterday however, the UK layout seems to have vanished from the
selected list, and I have no idea how to add it back, can anyone assist..?

Thanks in advance,

Ria in Aberdeen

[Andy Burns]

MissRiaElaine wrote:

> How do I go about adding a new keyboard layout in Fedora 28..?

Click the Gnome settings thing in the top right corner, then the spanner
icon, under Region & Language/Input Sources click the "+"

[Dave Sparks]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:52:43 +0100, MissRiaElaine wrote:

> How do I go about adding a new keyboard layout in Fedora 28..? When I
> installed the OS, I added the US and UK layouts; the PC has a US layout
> but I wanted the UK layout to make it easier when I wanted to add the
> pound sign etc.

Do you need to change the keyboard layout? I use Debian here, and
inserting characters not on the keyboard is usually quite simple: I type
<AltGr><char><char> and the character I want appears. The <char><char> to
use is generally easy to remember or guess. For example, L- gives the
pound sign, e= the euro sign and Pt still gives the pesetas sign. <AltGr>
is immediately to the right of the space bar.

Examples, with apologies if your newsreader doesn't render UTF-8:

L- £ e= € Pt ₧ w^ ŵ o" ö o/ ø ae æ l/ ł D- Đ th þ n~ ñ

Most of the above were guessed, rather than remembered.


Dave

[MissRiaElaine]

Thanks, I'm using the Cinnamon desktop which is slightly different, but
I'm sure I'll find it.

[MissRiaElaine]

Doesn't work here, the US keyboard doesn't have Alt-Gr. I'm sure I'll
sort it, thanks anyway.