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  1. Bug #261573
  2. Comment #29

Comment 29 for bug 261573

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oss_test_launchpad (oss-test-launchpad) wrote : Re: No "@" symbol with MacBook Pro

Thanks for the screenshot. Now I know what you mean. Apparently this part of the menue has not been translated yet, so it looks similar here.

However, I still don't get which key you (and Ubuntu) mean when you talk of the "compose" key. Normal PC keyboards have not "Compose" key (cf. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose-Taste).

Please see what PC keyboards as I know them look like on http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Cherry_keyboard_105_keys.jpg. (The third key right to the space bar has the same function as a right mouse click.) A possible layout for a laptop keyboard layout can be seen on http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Laptop_Tastatur.jpg.

You always have a button called "AltGr" (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr), whether you use a laptop or a standard PC. Since the "strange key" on the MacBook Pro keyboard has nothing printed on it apart from a symbol that is cryptic to me (and - as I would suppose - most other users), I would recommend putting AltGr on that key and putting the "Windows key" functions on both "Apple" keys.