[SOLVED] Keyboard: US international with dead keys issue

[markfilipak]

SOLUTION:
Ah, I found it!

"international AltGr dead keys" is NOT with the rest of the "English (US ...)" key bindings. It's further up in the list:

English (India, with rupee sign)
English (international AltGr dead keys) <-- This is the one I (or you) want!
English (left handed Dvorak)

and, dispite the name, it DOES NOT have dead keys -- (and I'm not sure what "AltGr" means). At least for Spanish, this key binding works just like Windows' "Spanish (International Sort)" key bindings.

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I'm looking for a fix for the English (US, international with dead keys) keyboard driver. It doesn't quite work as I expected.

For all Spanish keys, it works wonderfully, to wit:
R-Alt+N --> ñ
R-Alt+Shift+A --> Á
R-Alt+/ --> ¿
R-Alt+1 --> ¡

Now, the normal keys that no longer work right:

Shift+~ has to be pressed twice. // Without R-Alt, Shift+~ should operate normally, but it doesn't.

' (single-quote) has to be pressed twice and produces ´ (acute accent). // Without R-Alt, ' should operate normally, but it doesn't.
// To get the normal ', I have to press R-Alt+'. That operation (with R-Alt -v- without R-Alt) is backward.

Shift+' should produce " (double-quote), but Shift+' has to be pressed twice and produces ¨ (umlaut) // Without R-Alt, Shift+' should operate normally, but it doesn't.
// To get the normal ", I have to press R-Alt+Shift+'. That operation (with R-Alt -v- without R-Alt) is backward.

Here is what the key mappings should be:
` --> `
R-Alt+` --> (nothing)
Shift+` --> ~
R-Alt+Shift+` --> (nothing)
' --> '
R-Alt+' --> (nothing)
Shift+' --> "
R-Alt+Shift+' --> (nothing)
The rest of the key R-Alt+ and R-Alt+Shift+ mappings are okay.

Does anyone know of a way to fix the key mappings? Thankfully, the keys can be identically mapped in both English (US) and English (US,international with dead keys) keyboard settings.

I can live with killing R-Alt+` and R-Alt+Shift+` and R-Alt+' and R-Alt+Shift+' for all time, but I can't live with English (US,international with dead keys) the way it is now.

Thanks All!

PS: I tried to find my own solution by searching the net and trying various things, but no Joy.

[grizzler]

Which setting are you actually referring to? There's "international with dead keys" and "international with dead keys via AltGr" (not sure about the exact phrase as I'm using a localized system). The behaviour you describe w.r.t. the dead keys is the one linked to the former (i.e. ~ ^ ` ' " always need another character or a space to show up). What you want is the latter, using AltGr (right alt).

[magnus7]

Your keyboard layout works correctly. What you describe are "dead keys". These are keys with accents which you can add to some letters.
Shift + ~ + u --> ũ

[markfilipak]

..."international with dead keys via AltGr" (not sure about the exact phrase as I'm using a localized system)...

Thank you, grizz. I thought it had been removed from the choices because I couldn't find it. The name is "English (international AltGr dead keys)" and, because the list is sorted alphabetically, it's not with the rest of the "English (US ...)" keyboard key bindings. Thanks for your help!

[grizzler]

(and I'm not sure what "AltGr" means)

Alt Graph / Graphics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key

Good to see you've got things sorted.