2. Keyboard setup

2.1 Keyboard setupLoading a Danish keytable

Keyboard mappings are in /usr/lib/kbd/keytables/. Try typing either of these two commands to load one

/usr/bin/loadkeys /usr/lib/kbd/keytables/dk.map 
/usr/bin/loadkeys /usr/lib/kbd/keytables/dk-lat1.map

You can change the keymapping loaded at boot by editing the file /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap.

If this doesn't work you simply haven't installed support for international keyboards.

2.2 Getting the AltGr key to work under X

Edit the file /etc/Xconfig (under XFree86 2.0) or /etc/X11/XF86Config (underXFree86 3.x) and make sure the line

  RightAlt    ModeShift

2.3 Getting the AltGr key to work under XDead keys and accented characters

Dead keys are those who don't type anything until you hit another key. Tildes and umlauts are like this by default under Microsoft Windows and if you use the dk-lat1.map keymap under Linux.

Removing dead key functionality

Under plain Linux type

loadkeys dk.map

Invoking dead key functionality

• Invoking dead key functionality under plain Linux

  Under plain Linux type

  loadkeys dk-lat1.map
  

• Invoking dead key functionality under X11R5 sessions

  Insert the following lines in a file ~/.Xmodmap or /etc/X11/Xmodmap

  keycode 21 = acute      Dgrave_accent           bar
  keycode 35 = Ddiaeresis Dcircumflex_accent      Dtilde
  

  You can now make the dead keys work by typing (e.g.) xmodmap .Xmodmap. Using the Slackware distribution this commando will be automatically executed next time you run X.

• Invoking dead key functionality under X11R6 sessions

  Under X11R6 applications dead keys won't work unless they were compiled with support for unusual input methods. The only application reported to do so is kterm - an xterm substitute. Eventually the situation might improve, but as it is you can't do much but revert to X11R5 or hack every application you own. Do not attempt the method described for X11R5.

2.4 Making ø (oslash) Ø (Ooblique) and the dollar sign work

ø (oslash) and Ø (Ooblique)

Find out what keymap you load at boot-up. You should be able to find out by typing less /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap. On my computer it is called /usr/lib/kbd/keytables/dk-lat1.map. Find the line for keycode 40 in this file and change it from

keycode  40 = cent              yen

keycode  40 = oslash            Ooblique

Note: This bug appears to have been fixed in version 0.88 of the international keytable package.

Dollar sign

The dollar sign is accessed with Shift-4 instead of AltGr-4 by default. You can fix this by changing the line

keycode   5 = four             dollar           dollar          

keycode   5 = four             asciicircum      dollar