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xkeyboard-config package

  1. Bug #222430
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 222430

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Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst) wrote :

I think that this bug is invalid, according to what I've read, altgr+1 should be "bar" and altgr+7 should be broken bar. I have read that Windows keyboard definition is wrong and that it made some keyboard manufacturer exchange those keys.

You can also check wikipedia here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout and here : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/KB_Swiss.svg/400px-KB_Swiss.svg.png

Another source is Sun : http://wikis.sun.com/download/attachments/23397070/SwitzerlandFR_Solaris_Keyboard_Layout.png

My Swiss Thinkpad T61 has the broken bar on 7 and the bar on 1 ; what is the make of your keyboard ?