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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 261573 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261573

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 261573
   Intrepid: No "AltGr" key defined -> e.g. no "@" symbol with MacBook Pro

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MacBook Pro: No square brackets - wrong keyboard layout
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261780
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Status in “xkeyboard-config” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged

Bug description:
On a German PC keyboard, usually square brackets are produced as follows:

AltGr + 8: squared bracket open
AltGr + 9: squared bracket close.

MacBooks Pros have no printed indication on the keys how to produce square brackets (AFAIK this goes for all models), so I assumed you could produce them the PC way.

I assumed that the key second right to the space key (= the one left from the LeftArrow key - you can see this nicely on http://www.oliverherrmann.com/stuff/mbp/MBP02.jpg) would have the function of the "AltGr" key you know from PCs. However, when I press this key whose name I don't know, plus "8" or "9", I get no square brackets. Instead, this key works as "Return" key.

This goes for Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 4, fully updated. Ubuntu installed, then System -> Prefrences -> Keyboard -> "MacBook / MacBook Pro (Intel)". The MacBook Pro is a rev. 3 one.