I need help with keyboard layouts. My layout is Hungarian and on Windows I could type ć using AltGr-9 + c which is a c with an acute. However AltGr-9 + Space gives me a single quote (') and AltGr–9 + c gives me this ç a c with a cedilla despite there is an acute printed on key 9. I tried the Hungarian and Hungarian (Standard) layouts in system settings as well, but the others I cannot understand (dead keys/comma/dot… what do these mean?). I didn't notice any problems with any other characters. Thanks in advance for any advice!
Ubuntu – Cannot type “ć” on Hungarian layout
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I'll tell you what eventually worked best for me.
- Open the gnome preference "keyboard layout" pane
- Move the layout order, if you have more than one
- Delete all layouts except the default one (mine was a US layout)
The previous two steps have been suggested as fixes on their own (on the Ubuntu forums?). They did not work for me. I tried them together consecutively and this again did not work for me. Thus my next step.
- Press, "Reset to Defaults"
- Layout changes effectuated from both the layout pane and indicator now result in a change in layout.
- Of course, add layouts back before attempting to change to them. Use the preview function to find a layout that easily produces the diacritical marks you seek.
I think my problem was from the fact that some of the layouts had changed in name, at least that's my take considering that the layout names weren't exactly what I expected when reassigning them. Deleting my extra layouts and then assigning new ones from a fresh list seems to have circumvented my issues, that being that the layouts of my choice now point to existing layouts with names to match.
Press the Super key and start typing "keyboard" (for you, it would be "teclado") and open "Keyboard layout" ("Distribución del teclado"). Alternatively, you open "System configuration" ("Configuración del sistema") and select "Keyboard layout".
There you can add another keyboard layout, by clicking on the button with a "+" symbol at the bottom left, check the layout itself by clicking on the little keyboard button, and even change some of the options for your preferred layout (button "Options..." at the bottom right). The latter would let you customize the layout.
As for typing characters in a manner similar to Ctrl+Alt+number, check this question: How can I type ASCII characters like Alt + numpad in Windows?
If you only want to know what key combinations are available in you current keyboard layout, click on the little keyboard button (highlighted in pink in the image, below) after you selected the layout.
The combinations of keys are as follow:
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Plain text programs
In plain text programs such as Gedit or gnome-terminal, do the following:
Right click your open document or the terminal window >> choose Input Methods from the context menu >> and then choose Simple (instead of the default System (IBus (Intelligent Input Bus))
AltGr + 9 + c will now work as intended.
LibreOffice
In LibreOffice, the AltGr/Compose key sequences work as intended, but you need to add Shift to get to the 3rd level:
AltGr (or Compose) + Shift + 9 + c.