OK, back to my desk... Here is what you are looking for: http://wiki.debian.org/I18n/ibus good luck Kevin On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Kevin Fries wrote: > Does debian testing use ibus like Ubuntu does? If so, its quite easy, and > lots of tutorials exist on the net, but the keys to finding them is the term > ibus. I use japanese input all the time, and it works great. But I'm on my > phone right now and don't have thelinks in front of me. > > If ibus is not available, maybe someone more familiar with debian testing > will have a better answer. > > Kevin > > On Aug 17, 2010 12:52 PM, "Mark Phillips" > wrote: > > I need to type some German documents, so I would like to use a German > keyboard. My daughter's Mac had a nifty gadget that allows her to switch her > keyboard from English to Spanish when she types papers in Spanish. It has a > cute little Spanish flag on her menu bar and it also popped up a keyboard > map so she could see where the extra accented keys were located when she > typed in Spanish. Is there something similar for Gnome/Debian testing? > > I can switch the keyboard using System->Preferences->Keyboard to a German > keyboard, but I would like a visual representation of the keyboard to know > where the keys are located (ie qwerty is actually qwertz on a German > kezboard=. There is supposed to be a gnome applet called keyboard > indicator, but I can't seem to find it on my system or find it in the > Debian repository. The references I have seen are to click on a a panel and > select "keyboard indicator" to install it....but I ain't got one of those > darn things as an option! Very frustrating! > > Thanks! > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >