Breezy prevents switching to/from deadkeys keyboard layout on the fly

[S.J.Skinner]

All previous versions of Linux I've used (RedHat, Mandrake and the latest --
Debian 3.1 running KDE 3.3.2) allowed me to select 2 versions of keyboard
layouts: US English (us) and US English with deadkeys (us_intl). I could then
switch back and forth between them using the shortcut <cntl><alt>k as needed for
writing in French or English.

Breezy 5.10 running KDE 3.4.2 only lets me select a single US keyboard layout.
The deadkeys selection is now a "variant". (It doesn't work either -- bug 22180.)

It's OK that the deadkeys are a variant, but, to regain the lost functionality
of previous KDE/Linux versions, one must be able to select TWO US English
layouts -- one with deadkeys and one without. And I cannot find any way to do
that.

... This may be ever so slightly related to bug 21123....

[Didier Raboud (odyx)]

Does this still happen for you on latest Dapper ?

If no, please close the bug.

[S.J.Skinner (sjsbug)]

I'm not running Dapper; that's why I wrote the bug about Breezy.
I guess you'll have to close the bug yourself if you think it
is fixed. Sorry.

Didier Raboud wrote:
> Does this still happen for you on latest Dapper ?
>
> If no, please close the bug.
>
> ** Changed in: kde-systemsettings (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>

[Jonathan Jesse (jjesse)]

I noticed that in the last comment you are running Breezy, do you have plans to update to either Dapper or Edgy? If you are currently running one of those release could you please update the status of this bug. If not please let us know as well

Thanks,

Jonathan

[S.J.Skinner (sjsbug)]

I will probably update to Edgy (skipping Dapper entirely!) in the
spring.

cheers,
Jane

Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> I noticed that in the last comment you are running Breezy, do you have
> plans to update to either Dapper or Edgy? If you are currently running
> one of those release could you please update the status of this bug. If
> not please let us know as well
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>
> ** Changed in: kde-systemsettings (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: Jonathan Riddell => Jonathan Jesse
>

[Yuriy Kozlov (yuriy-kozlov)]

In Feisty/KDE 3.5.6, you can add a layout more than once.