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@ Ricky Campbell: Coming from Windows to OSX, one might have some
trouble during the first weeks: When you press the key right next to the
space bar because you expect it to be "AltGr", plus "q", you don't get
"@". Instead, you have quit a program - Apple + "q" stands for "quit"!

On a German OSX you produce "@" via Apple + "l".

I personally would favour to have it handled the PC way, or, as a
compromise, make it work both ways so that both PC users and OSX users
get along, as long as there are no legal arguments against remapping the
keyboard.

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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?).