[Cialug] HP Probook 4520s Keyboard

[jim kraai]

See Boris' answer for behavior that matches what you're seeing which
confirms English/int'l layout which I see you actually said in your initial
query
http://askubuntu.com/questions/358/how-can-i-type-accentuated-characters-like-%C3%AB

Done sudo voodoo yet for English/US ?
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

I'll guess there are 17 other, better ways to make that change permanent.

On Aug 23, 2016 2:18 PM, "Todd Pierce" <toddcpierce at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, it´s set as furrin (hence the international generic).  I looked up the
> keyboard part number (598692-xxx).  Does not look like it was used in any
> of the omnibooks or pavilions.  Will just go with the US generic tomorrow
> if nobody has a revelation.
>
> And by the way, I have had limited luck with ROS kinetic, lisp and some
> science and engineering goodies (yes, trying to get them working
> together).  That adventure will be a different post.
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:39 PM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Non-English
> >
> > On Aug 23, 2016 10:57 AM, "Todd Pierce" <toddcpierce at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Would dead keys actually make the quote and apostrophe be completely
> > > different characters (look the same but not acceptable to a compiler)?
> > If
> > > I type He´s normally I get Heś.  Basically, the apostrophe gives me an
> > > accent mark over the following character (unless I hit it twice).
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Jonathan A. Kollasch <
> > > jakllsch at kollasch.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 10:43:19AM -0500, Todd Pierce wrote:
> > > > > My tilde key requires hitting it twice.  The single quote and
> double
> > > > quote
> > > > > both require a double strike too but then come up with a non-ascii
> > > > version
> > > > > of the same character (I know this because the lisp interpreter
> > doesn´t
> > > > > understand the quote chars).  The only function I tried was print
> > > screen
> > > > > which did actually work, come to think of it.  Num-lock and keypad
> > work
> > > > > fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > So, I´m really not too bad off, it´s just a bit weird, and well,
> > > > ultimately
> > > > > the machine is for programming, which depends on quotes and a
> tilde.
> > > > >
> > > > > -T
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sounds like you've got 'dead keys' enabled.
> > > >
> > > >         Jonathan Kollasch
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