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Ubuntu key layout for Apple wireless keyboard?

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Ian McCall

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Jun 26, 2011, 6:44:34 AM6/26/11
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Have just installed Ubuntu 11 in vmware - what's the best keyboard
layout for a UK wireles Apple keyboard? Can't seem to find the #
character, which is rather crucial...

Cheers,
Ian

Jeff Gaines

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Jun 26, 2011, 7:51:43 AM6/26/11
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I'm glad it's not just me, being a total newby to XCode it's pretty
important there too.
Try Alt + 3.

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Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
Indecision is the key to flexibility

Chris Ridd

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Jun 26, 2011, 7:59:12 AM6/26/11
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On 2011-06-26 12:51:43 +0100, Jeff Gaines said:

> On 26/06/2011 in message <96ogsi...@mid.individual.net> Ian McCall wrote:
>
>> Have just installed Ubuntu 11 in vmware - what's the best keyboard
>> layout for a UK wireles Apple keyboard? Can't seem to find the #
>> character, which is rather crucial...
>
> I'm glad it's not just me, being a total newby to XCode it's pretty
> important there too.
> Try Alt + 3.

X11 seems confused by UK Mac keyboard layouts.

Also try the keys next to both shift keys, (`/~ and //? on UK
keyboards) and the \/| key near return.
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Chris

Ian McCall

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Jun 26, 2011, 9:22:28 AM6/26/11
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Nope - none working for me. pressing alt-3 in the shell just brings up
some text (arg: 3), whereas the shifted keys are fine other than `~
which oddly produces < unshifted and > shifted.


Ian

Mark Bestley

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Jun 27, 2011, 5:14:46 AM6/27/11
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Ian McCall <i...@eruvia.org> wrote:

I change the language of the keyboard to Austrailian which seems to be
like the UK layout except that shift 3 is #.

System Preferences->Language&Text->Input Sources

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Mark

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