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Hi!
Since I installed Mandriva 2009.0 I cannot type the tilde (~) sign
from the keyboard.
I use Mandriva 2009.0 with Gnome with swedish keyboard on a partioned
computer. I also have windows on the same computer (same keyboard)
wherefrom I can type tilde (~). This messages is created in windows.
Can anybody help me?
Regards
C
[email]ckglasspen48@gmail.com[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi!
>
> Since I installed Mandriva 2009.0 I cannot type the tilde (~) sign
> from the keyboard.
>[/color]
If you mean you can't type ñ, õ ẽ etc., I can't help you. You'll need to
adjust your keymap.
But if you mean you can't type a single ~ , without a letter under it,
try typing "~" and hitting the spacebar immediately afterwards.
Regards,
Marja
Marja van Waes wrote:
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> try typing "~" and hitting the spacebar immediately afterwards.
>[/color]
I meant type ~ without the " ", and hit the spacebar
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> Regards,
> Marja
>
>[/color]
Marja van Waes wrote:[color=blue]
> [email]ckglasspen48@gmail.com[/email] wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi!
>>
>> Since I installed Mandriva 2009.0 I cannot type the tilde (~) sign
>> from the keyboard.
>>[/color]
> If you mean you can't type ñ, õ ẽ etc., I can't help you. You'll need to
> adjust your keymap.
>[/color]
You can edit your keymap with Xkeycaps,
[url]http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/xkeycaps.html[/url]
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>
> Regards,
> Marja
>
>[/color]
On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:31:09 +0100, Marja van Waes wrote:
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> [email]ckglasspen48@gmail.com[/email] wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi!
>>
>> Since I installed Mandriva 2009.0 I cannot type the tilde (~) sign from
>> the keyboard.
>>[/color]
> If you mean you can't type ñ, õ ẽ etc., I can't help you. You'll need to
> adjust your keymap.
>
> But if you mean you can't type a single ~ , without a letter under it,
> try typing "~" and hitting the spacebar immediately afterwards.[/color]
On some keymaps, hitting a compositing key twice has the same effect.
For example, on my ch-mapped keyboard, I get ^, ¨, and ~ by typing them
twice. The spacebar trick also sometimes works, of course, but not for
all of them.
Marja van Waes wrote:
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> Marja van Waes wrote:
>[color=green]
>> try typing "~" and hitting the spacebar immediately afterwards.
>>[/color]
>
> I meant type ~ without the " ", and hit the spacebar
>[color=green]
>> Regards,
>> Marja
>>
>>[/color][/color]
That is probably what Mark meant. Some people are more specific: 'try
typing "~" (without the quotes) and hitting the spacebar immediately
afterwards.' But I would have implied that.
As another variant, if I hit ! or ? twice in rapid succession I get the
inverted ones (sometimes.)
Doug.
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