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@ Ricky Campell:

> From what I have found looking around that weird symbol ( ⌅ ) is
supposed to be "Enter":

Yes, you are certainly right. Since, however, there is no need for a
separate "Enter" key nowadays AND since this key has the advantage of
having a symbol on it which is probably more or less meaningless to most
users (i.e. it is somewhat "neutrally" labelled), I would suggest to
automatically use it for the AltGr function.

> (and why that mark is also on the Return key):

It is indeed, you are right, as a very small additional second symbol.
Never noticed it before. Guess no one else ever entered before, either.

> I believe that most people remap the right CMD/Apple Key to AltGr with
xmodmap.:

You are certainly right, but IMHO this should work out-of-the-box. Apart
from that, there is a current issue which might make it impossible for
people to do this on a graphical basis (you'll find it if you look
around in Launchpad).

> I have also found in some places that on Mac portables, that the AltGr
function was obtained by doing Fn+Alt, so you might try that as well.

Doesn't work.

> (Is this how it functions under OSX?)

No.

> Also under the Advanced button when choosing your keyboard layout,
there are some options for third level choosers, you can try changing
those around.

I already did. Please read above.

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Intrepid: No "AltGr" key defined -> e.g. no "@" symbol with MacBook Pro
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261573
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Status in Hotkeys: Invalid
Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in central project for keyboard configuration: Confirmed
Status in “xkeyboard-config” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: pommed

Testing with Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 4. Manually changed System -> Preferences -> Keyboard to "Apple: MacBook / MacBook Pro (Intel)", but no change. Apparently Ubuntu does not know what to do with the key second right to the space key (the key right next to the space key is the "Apple" key which also is right left to the space key) which should probably do the job of the AltGr key.

Fn - ctrl - alt - Apple key - SPACE - Apple key - strange key which probably should do the job of AltGr - < key etc.

Note that normally on modern Macs you get the "@" symbol pressing some key + the letter "l" key. At the moment, with Ubuntu, things work neither the Mac way nor the usual PC way. (I suppose it would be useful to use the PC way.)

This goes for a German keyboard tested. I assume it's the same with other languages' keyboards (English keyboards have th "@" on "q", too, right?).