#5373 NORM Update.: Some combining characters work in the console keyboard, some don't.

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#5373: Some combining characters work in the console keyboard, some don't.
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  Reporter:  cscott  |       Owner:  chihyu  
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Update.2
 Component:  distro  |     Version:          
Resolution:          |    Keywords:          
  Verified:  0       |  
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Comment(by chihyu):

 I don't have a regular Spanish keyboard to test with, but after a few
 trial-and-errors, I can now type tilde with "alt gr 4" on the XO machine
 in the console.

 In the console, the key mapping when alt gr is pressed is similar to
 what's listed at
 [http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/keyboards/kbdsp.htm]

 The users just have to remember that there are different keyboard mappings
 for the gui and for the console.


 Replying to [comment:5 bernie]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 chihyu]:
 > > also, there is no way to type ~ (tilde) in the console
 >
 > What I need to know is:
 >
 >  * would it instead work on a regular PC with a regular Spanish
 keyboard?
 >
 >  * does it work on an XO with an external USB keyboard in Spanish?
 >
 > I have no idea if the problem is that we're using using a different
 phisical layout or something else.  What I know for sure about is that we
 did not customize the kernel keymap files shipped with Fedora.

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