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I'm began to work on ubuntu (and arch) with i3wm, I usually use the US International layout on Windows. I set the keyboard of the default Ubuntu to US(International with dead keys) which works fine, but when I launch ubuntu under i3WM, the keyboard does not appear to have changed...

How can I set the keyboard to US(International with dead keys) with Right-Alt as deadkey ? should I modify anything in the .xinit ?

thanks for your help !

Guillaume Milan
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dayz
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setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl

Just picking up the comment by quixotic, which worked for me, and writing this up as an answer like Elder Geek suggested :)

della
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  • Cool, what if I need accents in the other direction? I mean "è" instead of "é". So the Italian accents style. Which variant I should use? – Kill KRT Jul 30 '19 at 22:17
  • Nevermind... I got it... Since all accents key are now dead keys, I can use them to decide which kind of accented vocals I want just typing proper accent key before the vocal! Cool! – Kill KRT Jul 30 '19 at 22:24
  • Tried to set my i3 keyboard using us-intl since it is what shows up under localectl list-x11-keymap-variants| grep us . I'm glad I found this answer, using intl worked flawlessly. – Marcello Grechi Lins Aug 20 '19 at 16:16
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Another option is to run setxkbmap us\(intl\). You can search through available layouts using man xkeyboard-config.

Jenaro Fernández
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It needed a reboot, probably because it is a virtual machine.

dayz
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