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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson <518056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 31/03/2015 23:37, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
> Just like you I think it would be more natural to create an
> alternative keyboard layout which could be selected in Text Entry. I
> just don't know if and if so how it could be accomplished.

To clarify: As you know, I figured out how to add an alternative
keyboard layout. What I don't know is how you would fix it in xkeyboard-
config so the same dead key behaves differently depending on the letter.

One possibility which we haven't discussed is to use some *other* key
for dead_cedilla, and leave the behavior of the dead_acute key as is. I
see two problems with that, though:

1. No obvious dispensable key which could be used for the purpose.

2. It would be a brand new behavior for the users, and different from
   how it works on Windows.

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Title:
  cedilla appears as accented c (ć instead of ç) when typing 'c

Status in central project for keyboard configuration:
  Confirmed
Status in gtk+2.0 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in xkeyboard-config package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  
  When typing in a US-international keyboard with dead-keys (or UK-international), 
  typing 'c results in an accented c instead of a cedilla.

  There is a workaround, which is editing the

  /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodule-files.d/libgtk2.0-0.immodules

  file and 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"

  (add the 'en' at the end).

  However, every time some update on this file is applied, one looses the change,
  and we get back to the accented c. That means having to modify the file again,
  logout and login.

  For me this is no problem. But for my brother, mom, dad, etc, it is always something
  that at least makes me less proud of having convinced them to use Ubuntu, because
  they don't know what to do each time this happens.

  I think we really need a configurable keyboard layout, or at least (and that would
  be very easy), the inclusion of alternate layouts on install that for the dead-key
  options (as US-deadkey and UK-deakey), alternate layouts as US-deadkey-cedilla.

  This change is relevant for at least Portuguese and French.

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