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12.04 LTS How to get Compose Key to work?
12.04 LTS
I'm trying to get the Portuguese (Brazil) keyboard layout to work with accents and punctuation. I tried different keys for my Compose Key (Right Ctrl, Right Alt, Left Win, etc...), but none ...
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ibus not working in all applications but not in Libreoffice [duplicate]
I have recently installed Kubuntu 13.04 and previously i was using ubuntu 12.04. After I installed IBus and Libreoffice and my local languages I cannot enable kannada in Libreoffice. All other ...
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A better input method for Chinese in Emacs?
I would like to type Chinese in Emacs. I followed this link, and tried several input methods including chinese-py. It seems that, unlike normal IME of an operation system, it is not possible to type ...
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How to keep keyboard settings using setxkbmap across reboot? [duplicate]
Searching the forum, I found the following to add Hebrew support for Lubuntu (Typing in Hebrew):
setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,il
The problem is that after I ...
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How to type in two languages?
How can I type Persian and English in Ubuntu 12.10?
And how can I switch between these two languages like Windows (Alt+Shift)?
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Spell check and locale
I have too many languages in my spell checker and I would like to clean up.
When I say spell checker, I mean the spell checker in Firefox, but also other applications like Tomboy.
The thing is, I ...
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“ctrl+space” has been bound to invoke some input method and does not work in Emacs
In Emacs run in terminal, ctrl+space is a standard shortcut key to select region. But under Ubuntu 12.04, it will invoke some input method for non-English language. I was wondering if I can reserve it ...
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How I can type in the Malayalam language? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to type Malayalam in Ubuntu?
How I can type Malayalam language in Ubuntu 12.10? I used to use ibus with m17n library on my Ubuntu 12.04. But after a fresh ...
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Language support problem
I have a problem with the language support in Ubuntu 12.04LTS. I want to install Spanish in my computer and the system isn't able to find or create the directory that will allow the system to actually ...
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Cannot type international characters in wikidpad
I use wikidpad on ubuntu 12.04 and sometimes cannot type Turkish characters in some places. This mostly occurs in the middle of a word. But when I put space, I can type international characters.
The ...
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How can I switch languages like Windows
How can I switch languages like in Windows with Alt+Shift(L or R) or in any of Alt+Shift?
I make it work to get the next languages but it didn't get back to main language without using Shift+L OR ...
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Hindi keyboard not working properly in Ubuntu
I saw and followed the instructions in this post, but the Hindi didn't work properly, both in case of keyboard app (layout settings) and ibus.
Here's the problem (people who know Hindi will be in ...
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SCIM Input Method not working
I'm trying to type in my native language Sinhala with SCIM..but nothing is working. (I heard about something called ibus could help.) I want to get the phonetic output in Sinhala Unicode, when I input ...
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How do I enable writing in Indian languages?
I am looking for a step by step method for enabling write in indian languages (hindi and gujarati) in Ubuntu applications (browser, LibreOffice, Pidgin etc..).
Could anyone please provide me a method ...
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Am not able to add languages to my new ubuntu 12.04 installation
I have a freshly installed Ubuntu 12.04
I need to install telugu language (I have been using it successfully in my earlier ubuntu 11.04).
But the Language support is saying:
Software database is ...
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Possible to set Language to Dash Application Namings while keeping Desktop in other language?
I like using Ubuntu in English, especially in terminal and Dash. While
using english in Dash, searching applications is quite easy.
Is there any way to set the Language of the name of the applications ...
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How to use different input language for different active (application) windows?
I'm working under 12.04 and suppose I have a Firefox windows active (or in foreground) with English as input language and I need to type a document in other language using some text editor.
With the ...
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How to type Malayalam in Ubuntu?
Is it possible to type Malayalam language in Ubuntu? If yes, what should I do to type Malayalam in Ubuntu?
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How to get the Language indicator to change when switching between active applications?
Before upgrading to 12.04, the language indicator used to change every time I was sending LibreOffice to the background and making Firefox the active application/window.
This was convenient enough ...
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Custom key to toggle keyboard layout
I want to set the key to toggle the language of my keyboard to "`" but I don't have this option at "Keyboard Layout" in Unity, in Ubuntu 12.04. I have already seen this answer but it doesn't help me. ...
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Turn off spellcheck for cyrillic input in Empathy
I have spell check enabled for the english keyboard, but when I use serbian cyrillic keyboard, I want that feature turned off, because then all the words get underlined like i spelled them wrong
How ...
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How to set up language input?
I'm trying to set up Kubuntu 11.10 so I can type Japanese. I've searched online but have had little luck. My installation is fresh so it'd be great if someone could walk me through it and tell me how ...
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Install Japanese in Kubuntu
I study Japanese so it's helpful to be able to type it on my computer.
I have iBus installed and under Local in Settings, I installed Japanese, though it only gave me the option for translations. I ...
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unable to set input method as ibus in gnome-language-selector
I want to be able to type in Hindi and want to set input method as ibus in gnome-language-selector window as shown on this blog
http://www.pinyinjoe.com/images/ubuntu/1104/Language-Support.jpg
How ...
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Akira not replaced to 明
If i changed keyboard layout to "Chineese" and start gedit,
"aki-ra" or "akira" its not replaced to 明.
Any suggestions?
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How do I set the login manager to enable `change languages` at login?
How can I recompile the source to force the option to allow changing languages and keyboard layouts at login?
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Quick-Change of Language Environment
I'm learning French, and one thing I would like to do is to quickly switch the entire interface between English and French without logging in/out. Same idea as changing the keyboard layout, except ...
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Cannot display letters with accents after upgrade to ubuntu 11.10
after updating to Ubuntu 11.10, my system doesn´t accept letters with accents- For example if i want to wrote "á" it ends like "´a".
But if i logon with guest account this problem doesn´t exist.
Is it ...
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How can I add other languages and what are equivalent shortcuts for what “alt+shift” and “crtl+shift” does in Windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to switch language keyboard combination?
I want to type Norwegian when I search via Google. When I add Norwegian from "language support" then the language of Ubuntu ...
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How to enter Ge'ez alphabet (Tigrinyan language)
Ge'ez is an East-African alphabet.
Using the powerful Eclipse IDE editor, it is possible to switch "Input Type" to Tigrinya (EZ+). Typing the 5 letters selam will then result in the 3 Ge'ez letters: ...
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How do I input text in Tamil?
I would like to type a non-Latin script Language Tamil in Ubuntu 10.10
I have installed , iBUS , added all the tamil packages in synaptic , and installed tamil in Languages support , I still can't ...
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Urdu Font and Typing (Phonetic) [closed]
I am trying to setup a Ubuntu desktop for my Grand Father :-) who wants to type Urdu, he does this on Windows XP / Vista / 7 at the moment but as he isn't too internet literate he gets infected by all ...
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Cannot write in Greek
I've recently installed Ubuntu 11.04, which I'm unfamiliar with. I think the language package is installed correctly but there is no layout switching by using alt+shift combination. Tried to look for ...
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Is there an Anglicized transliteration IME for typing Arabic?
In IBus Preferences, Hindi has 5 different IMEs (Input Method Editors), some of which utilize Anglicized transliteration schemes.. ie. they use the Latin alphabet keys on a US keyboard to represent ...
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How to operate Korean IME?
I'm used to the Windows Korean IME... the Ubuntu Korean IME seems to randomly switch to Korean mode, and I have no idea how to switch back~ Please explain:
How to completely uninstall/disable Korean ...
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How do I show the language (keyboard layout) indicator in the panel?
Gnome-Shell how to show in panel language indicator (keyboard layout)
How to enable it in panel?
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Using ALT + Keycode for accents?
In Windows, we can use ALT+Keycode (for example, 130) to get an e acute, but it does not work this way in Ubuntu/Debian.
Is it possible to have the same keycodes work in Ubuntu?
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How can I type Japanese characters?
What is the way to be able to type Japanese characters? Could someone make a how-to in order to explain the few steps to get it?
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What do the 4 keyboard input method systems mean?
I am trying to install another language support (in addition to the default US). Checking that language checkbox in "Install / Remove Languages..." wasn't too difficult. :)
But now I want to add ...
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Language indicator doesn't show current language
I have chosen to write in 3 languages. I change them with the command Shift + Alt and it changes, but I cannot see in what language I write in the language indicator in my panel.
Can you help?
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How do I switch to another language?
How do you switch Ubuntu to another (human) language without reinstalling it?
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Display current layout (language code/country flag) in keyboard indicator
Just upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10, and the keyboard indicator applet no longer displays the two-letter country code for the active layout.
This is terrible. Is this the default behaviour? Anyone ...
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is it possible for the UK English upside-down option?
i know that we have Facebook UK English upside down version and i have seen images of people with Ubuntu upside-down English as well does anybody know where to get it or how to get it. thank you.
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What is the two-character language code for the Latin American keyboard layout?
I've created some packs of svg flag icons for the language indicator menu. I'm expanding it now, and have had a request for a flag for the "Latin American" layout of Spanish. But I can't figure out ...
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How to remove keyboard icon from keyboard layout indicator (to leave just the language abbr. alone)?
I'd like to remove a keyboard icon, so replacing "[###] USA" as keyboard layout indicator to just "En", an English or American flag, or "USA" at least. How can I achieve this?
UPDATE: When I've ...
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Input language switching keys only accept shift-alt instead of alt-shift
On my Ubuntu UNR install, for some reason, I'm only able to switch the input language if I press Shift and then Alt. This is quite the opposite of what usually works -- on Windows and other ...
