#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       |    Blocking:          
 Blockedby:          |  
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Comment(by chihyu):

 Right now I am having trouble typing < and > in the console, because based
 on the microsoft keyboard mapping, there should be a key to the left of
 "z" that type < and > (when holding down shift).

 The XO keyboard does have such key to the right of "up", but in the
 console I cannot type anything with that key.

 This problem make it difficult to perform {{{ echo text > file }}} in the
 Spanish console.

 Replying to [comment:6 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]
 >

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5373#comment:7>
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