Accents in Kubuntu

DISCUSSION Alain M. 2 participants 5 messages May 22, 2009 – May 23, 2009

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Alain M.

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2009-05-22 18:21 UTC #0 lore raw

Hi,

I have been trying dosemu in Kubuntu 8.04 LTS and I cannot make it work. I have tried:
- SVN version
- Ubuntu's repositary
- november 2008's version

I tested ann possible setup combination for more than one day! All I can get is either nothing or a '?'

Is there something basic that I am missing? or some trick? I have been using and compiling dosemu for many years (Mandrake/Mandriva), but I am new to Kubuntu...

please help,
Alain

Alain M.

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2009-05-22 21:28 UTC #1 lore raw

Hi, I have more information on my strange accent problem:

This is my setup, in dosemu.conf
$_X_keycode = (on)
$_layout = "us"
In Autoexec.bat
lh keyb br,850,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS /ID:274
the "^" key works ok and I can generate "вкофы" combinations.

BUT the problem is that the 2 keys '" and `~ are *completely dead*

I tested with SVN, 1.4.0 (from ubuntu, 804), and 1.3.5. All are the same. I hope that this may help someone to help me :)
Alain

Alain M. escreveu:

Quoted 11 lines

Hi,
I have been trying dosemu in Kubuntu 8.04 LTS and I cannot make it work. I have tried:
- SVN version
- Ubuntu's repositary
- november 2008's version
I tested ann possible setup combination for more than one day! All I can get is either nothing or a '?'

Quoted 6 lines

Is there something basic that I am missing? or some trick? I have been using and compiling dosemu for many years (Mandrake/Mandriva), but I am new to Kubuntu...
please help,
Alain

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Alain M.

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2009-05-22 22:41 UTC #2 lore raw

Once more, I got more information :) I just understood the problem (after 2 days work...)

If I change the KDE keyboard layout do basic, *it works*. I can do that with the command (and from KDE configurator too):
setxkbmap -model pc101 -layout us -variant basic

Apprently the problem is that dosemu gets confused if the keyboard already has double keys.

But, this is a *global* configuration, then I cannot use accents in any non DOS program.

NOW, can anyone tell me how to setup dosemu properly or how to setup this keyboard for only one application????

Alain M. escreveu:

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Hi, I have more information on my strange accent problem:
This is my setup, in dosemu.conf
$_X_keycode = (on)
$_layout = "us"
In Autoexec.bat
lh keyb br,850,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS /ID:274
the "^" key works ok and I can generate "вкофы" combinations.
BUT the problem is that the 2 keys '" and `~ are *completely dead*
I tested with SVN, 1.4.0 (from ubuntu, 804), and 1.3.5. All are the same. I hope that this may help someone to help me :)
Alain
Alain M. escreveu:
Quoted 11 lines
Hi,
I have been trying dosemu in Kubuntu 8.04 LTS and I cannot make it work. I have tried:
- SVN version
- Ubuntu's repositary
- november 2008's version
I tested ann possible setup combination for more than one day! All I can get is either nothing or a '?'

Quoted 13 lines

Quoted 6 lines
Is there something basic that I am missing? or some trick? I have been using and compiling dosemu for many years (Mandrake/Mandriva), but I am new to Kubuntu...
please help,
Alain
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Bart Oldeman

2009-05-23 00:42 UTC #3 lore raw

2009/5/22 Alain M. <[email protected]>:

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Once more, I got more information :) I just understood the problem (after 2 days work...)
If I change the KDE keyboard layout do basic, *it works*. I can do that with the command (and from KDE configurator too):
setxkbmap -model pc101 -layout us -variant basic
Apprently the problem is that dosemu gets confused if the keyboard already has double keys.

What is the difference for you between $_X_keycode=(off) and (on) (without the setxkbmap command)?

Bart
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Alain M.

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2009-05-23 01:15 UTC #4 lore raw

Bart Oldeman escreveu:

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2009/5/22 Alain M. <[email protected]>:
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Once more, I got more information :) I just understood the problem (after 2 days work...)
If I change the KDE keyboard layout do basic, *it works*. I can do that with the command (and from KDE configurator too):
setxkbmap -model pc101 -layout us -variant basic

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Apprently the problem is that dosemu gets confused if the keyboard already has double keys.
What is the difference for you between $_X_keycode=(off) and (on) (without the setxkbmap command)?

with -variant alt-intl (KDE keyboard configured for accents):
$_X_keycode=(off), I get "?" imediatly for all accents (double keys) $_X_keycode=(on), the "^" works, other are dead

Alain