Re: [tlug] french input (was Unity and stuff...)

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

> Also, I don't know a Linux distribution that does multilingual
> support the way OSX does. Like, I can type French, Japanese and
> English out of the box on my sjis Japanese KB without having to
> change the KB layout (and blind type the French keys).

Bonjour!
How do you type French with a Japanese keyboard on a Mac?

On Ubuntu/Gnome, I selected azerty (the only French IME choice), and it
is a bit weird [1]. Some letters have moved around and the number keys
now type this:
   &é"'(-è_çà

But if AZERTY is what you wanted, it seems to Just Work.

Darren

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY


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