Comments on: Stupid brazilian keyboard

By: Dani Berg

Dani Berg — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:53:10 +0000

Rubens, you know what? I just gave up. I did set my keyboard to the US layout. When I need to type in Portuguese I press the shit keys and Ubuntu switches to the same US layout but with dead keys support. I can type Ç by pressing Alt Right + , and then the C key. You probably type more commas than C cedilhado so it's a good decision not to set comma as a dead key by default. Otherwise you would be forced to type space after every comma you want inserted. The only problem I see is that you can only set a comma dead key by holding the Right Alt key. This is really awkward to type. The Left Alt (or both) should set a comma dead key.

By: Rubens

Rubens — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:51:44 +0000

I would also like to know who created this stupid position of the question mark. I have an EeePC that has this keyboard too, and I know what you are feeling. Every time I write a question I need to stop and rememmber this AltGr stuff. Not all notebooks have this weird placement of the question mark, fortunately. This is something recent, and I hope it won’t last long.
The “Ç”, however, was placed there decades ago. My grandfather’s old typewriter had the C cedilhado there. I think it can’t be removed now without causing some trouble, although I agree that a dead key for the cedilha would be a lot better.

By: Fabio Fonseca

Fabio Fonseca — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:36:06 +0000

Hi Dani!

Eu também não gosto deste teclado e compartilho da mesma que você sobre isto!

Eu o aconselharia a procurar uma revenda ou assistência técnica da Sony para trocar o teclado para você! O $ investido na troca lhe economizaria tempo e lhe deixaria trabalhar mais tranquilo.

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By: Renan Ivo

Renan Ivo — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:36:46 +0000

Hello Dani

Brazilian keyboards piss me off too.

But maybe you can replace it. Sony vaio products have international warranty. Try contacting their support.