Technical data

From the system command line, use the dxkeyboard command to invoke
Keyboard Options to choose a keyboard map and change the keyboard type.
Unlike the language setting, the keyboard setting is a global attribute that
applies to all windows. Therefore, if you are working in windows that
were created with different language settings, you may need to change the
keyboard setting as you move from one window to another.
Keep in mind that no matter what setting you make using CDE applications,
that setting does not change the setting that applies when you log on to the
system. The keyboard setting when you log on to the system is always the
system-default keyboard. See keyboard
(5) for information about changing
the system-default keyboard.
1.4.1 Determining Keyboard Layout
You can use an xkbprint command to access a keyboard layout for your
current keyboard setting. For example, the following command accesses the
layout and creates a PostScript file that you can print:
% /usr/bin/X11/xkbprint -label symbols -o mykeyboard.ps :0
See xkbprint(1X) for more information about the xkbprint command.
If you change your keyboard from the one whose characters are printed on
the hardware keys, you need to know how characters are mapped to keys
and whether any characters must be entered by using a mode-switch key
or key sequence. For some languages, such as Czech, up to four different
characters can be mapped to the same key. In such cases, you use the key
defined as the mode switch to toggle among different sets of characters
mapped to the same key.
You can use the dxkeycaps command to display and edit keyboard
mappings of the keyboard attached to your workstation. The display shows
the keyboard, with keycaps drawn according to the current server keymap.
Using the mouse, you can bring up a menu of options, including the option to
change the key symbol generated by a particular key. See dxkeycaps
(1X) for
more information on command options.
Mode switching is a character entry mechanism that is different from
Compose sequences. A particular keyboard setting may support Compose
sequences (which require one key to be defined as a multikey), mode
switching (which requires at least one key to be defined as a mode-switch
key), both, or neither of these input mechanisms.
1.4.2 Entering the Euro Currency Symbol
In 2002, the euro currency became the basic monetary unit in the European
countries belonging to the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
1–6 Working in a Multilanguage Environment