How to type latin small letter c with cedilla

Question

I run Ubuntu on a DELL XPS 13 notebook that has an US keyboard configured as US international. After upgrading to version 13.10 I can no loger get a cedilla by typing '+C. Instead, I get a "ć".

What should I do to get a "ç"?

I am using Ubuntu Gnome 13.10 64 bit.

Answer 1

In 13.10 I use right Alt+ , (i.e. right Alt + comma) in English (US International with dead keys) to get ç. Shift + Right Alt + comma = Ç

Right Alt + is useful for ¡¿áéúóí also.

Answer 2

It seems that just the step 3, proposed by Alexandre Schmidt (another answer to this same question), is enough to make the cedilla work, although the meaning of steps 1 and 2 is unknown for me at this time. I tested just this third step with success, as proposed by Jose Vitor Lopes at Comment 42 for bug 518056. For more details about this issue, check the entire log at Launchpad (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/518056).

add one line in /etc/environment

GTK_IM_MODULE=cedilla QT_IM_MODULE=cedilla

Restart your computer

Source

The limitation of this change is that other consonants such as "S" are still being accentuated as "Ś", instead of having an apostrophe before the letter, as on "'S", used to express contractions.

Unfortunately, at this time, there is no better solution for this issue. It's a Ubuntu deficiency that has always been present. There is not an appropriate Portuguese (Brazil) layout for US keyboards. The user needs to change some script files manually each time they reinstall Ubuntu. Let's hope it is fixed in the near future!

Answer 3

The layout you need is the "English (International with AltGr dead keys)"

pressing AltGr + , brings the ç. AltGr + Shift + , brings Ç

Answer 4

I was having the same issue and the following instructions solved my problem:

1) Editing the files:

for 64 bits:

sudo gedit /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules.cache
sudo gedit /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules.cache

for 32 bits:

sudo gedit /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules.cache

changing the line

"cedilla" "Cedilla" "gtk20" "/usr/share/locale" "az:ca:co:fr:gv:oc:pt:sq:tr:wa"

to

"cedilla" "Cedilla" "gtk20" "/usr/share/locale" "az:ca:co:fr:gv:oc:pt:sq:tr:wa:en"

(note the "en" at the very end)

2) replacing "ć" to "ç" and "Ć" to "Ç" on /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose (if you use more locales, you may need to this replacement for all of them)

sudo cp /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose.bak
sed 's/ć/ç/g' < /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose | sed 's/Ć/Ç/g' > Compose
sudo mv Compose /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose

3) add two lines on /etc/environment

GTK_IM_MODULE=cedilla
QT_IM_MODULE=cedilla

4)restart your computer

Source: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/518056/comments/39

Answer 5

Append the line below to the file /etc/environment and do the login again.

export GTK_IM_MODULE=cedilla

Answer 6

A per user configuration for the combination ' + c = ç can be achieved by adding:

export GTK_IM_MODULE=cedilla

to the user's .profile file.

Answer 7

There is the x11 Compose file /usr/share/X11/locale/pt_BR.UTF-8/Compose for Brazilian Portuguese with this contents:

include "/usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose"
<dead_acute> <C>    : "Ç" Ccedilla # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
<dead_acute> <c>    : "ç" ccedilla # LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA

So, whichever language you are using, all you need to do, to make '+c result in ç, is:

• Generate the pt_BR.UTF-8 locale, if it's not already available:

  sudo locale-gen pt_BR.UTF-8

• Add this line to your ~/.profile file:

  export LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8

If you are a Brazilian user, and install the Portuguese language - either when installing or later from Language Support - you can skip the just mentioned steps. Instead you can just open Language Support and select Brazilian Portuguese as the display language. As from Ubuntu 15.04 it's sufficient to select Brazilian Portuguese as the Regional Formats setting.

Answer 8

With Xubuntu 16.04 and generic international 105-key layout (UK English variant), I can get a cedilla on many characters by hitting AltGr+=, followed by the character I want to "decorate", i.e. c or Shift+c.

A similar sort of "decoration prefix" can be done with AltGr+X where X is ;, ', or # for acute, circumflex, and grave respectively. And there are more, e.g. the [ and ] keys. These are the default characters on these keys in the UK layout -- other layouts might differ but I suspect all the relevant decorator keys are on the right-hand side of the keyboard near the Enter key.

Answer 9

In case a future visitor with a German keyboard layout winds up here, like me – even though it is outside the scope of the original question:

• ç is entered Alt Gr+´, c
• Ç is entered Alt Gr+´, C

Answer 10

One way is to use Ctrl+Shift+U combination and then type 00e7 followed by Space which will turn into ç (latin small letter c with cedilla).

Another way is to use Character Map:

And another way and probably the best is to use a keyboard layout like Portuguese: