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



On Oct 25, 2011, at 2:35 PM, brandelune@example.com wrote:
> On Oct 25, 2011, at 9:47 AM, Darren Cook wrote:
>>> 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?
> I use the Alt key to input accents that are then combined to the letter I input next. I use the standard Qwerty/JIS keyboard layout.
> I know _that_ can be done in Linux but the problem is that it is not a default setting in distributions. For ex, I can't install Debian and request a Japanese input system at install and then be able to just use the keyboard to type French or Japanese (or anything else for that matter).


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