Feature request - MS Windows compatible US keyboard layout

[Gord Allott]

I have seen a number of posts that raise the exact same problem as I am encountering. The problem is very simple:

A large number of us are migrating from MS Windows. We work in multiple languages (in my case, English, French, and Portuguese). We use a standard US keyboard as our input device. Microsoft has implemented a 'US International Keyboard' that works as follows:

~ + letter will put a tilde (as in õ, Ñ)
' (apostophe) + a vowel will put an accent on the vowel (as in à, È)
' (apostophe) + a vowel will put an accent on the vowel (as in á, É)
' (apostrophe) + a 'c' will create a c with a cedilla (as in ç or Ç)

The current US International keyboard with deadkeys, as implemented in ubuntu, comes very close. The current implementation of apostrophe and c produces ć. The only problem is the challenge of producing the ç. In the current implementation, this is accomplished by using the Right-Alt key plus the comma. On my keyboard (as in most US standard keyboards), the comma is directly above the Right-alt key.

We are asking for an option that will allow the apostrophe + c to be used to type the ç. This is a problem for many people, particularly for those of us who work on microsoft during the day and ubuntu in the evening.

I suspect that you would get a HUGE thank you from the community if you can make this happen. I am a newbie, but if developing a new keyboard layout based on an existing is simple, then I would be happy to contribute to that.

Many thanks

[Gord Allott (gordallott)]

from https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/33511

[Flavelle (flavelle.ballem)]

The following link describes EXACTLY how the Microsoft International Keyboard works:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/97738

This is the 'ask'.

Many thanks

p.s. Gord was kind enough to forward my original request from the Questions portion.

[Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier)]

This would be better served as a brainstorm idea or writing a blueprint. The reason is this is not a simple bug to fix but a large feature request and as such it should be handled differently. Sorry for pointing you somewhere else again.

Brainstorm: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/
Blueprints: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu

[Flavelle (flavelle.ballem)]

This is starting to get frustrating!

I will submit the idea to the Brainstorm team, but hopefully this won't keep getting passed around.