International Keyboard Trick for PHP Freelancers
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:38 pm
If you have Ubuntu Linux and you're a PHP freelancer, you may need to have International keyboard support as you discuss money with your clients. That might mean speaking in Yen, Euro, or British Pounds. I noticed in Ubuntu Linux if you go to Keyboards, then Layouts tab, you can add an International keyboard support to make it easier to type those symbols in emails. It also gives you a handy way to do copyright and registered trademark symbols, the degree symbol, and the cents symbol. The option you might want is USA International AltGr DeadKeys.
Now you can do AltGr (right alt key) + Shift + 4 to get the British Pound, AltGr + 5 to get the Euro, AltGr + - (minus) to get Yen, AltGr + c to get Copyright, AltGr + v to get Registered Trademark, AltGr + Shift + c to get Cents, AltGr + ; (semicolon) to get Paragraph, AltGr + Shift + ; (semicolon) to get Degrees.
Again AltGr means the Right Alt key and in Ubuntu they consider it the ISO (International Standards Key) key. So, you might just consider it your "International" key.
Now you can do AltGr (right alt key) + Shift + 4 to get the British Pound, AltGr + 5 to get the Euro, AltGr + - (minus) to get Yen, AltGr + c to get Copyright, AltGr + v to get Registered Trademark, AltGr + Shift + c to get Cents, AltGr + ; (semicolon) to get Paragraph, AltGr + Shift + ; (semicolon) to get Degrees.
Again AltGr means the Right Alt key and in Ubuntu they consider it the ISO (International Standards Key) key. So, you might just consider it your "International" key.