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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: German keyboard with pcvt: how?
Date: 2 Aug 1995 17:38:57 +0200
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Patrick M.Hausen <pmh@pilhuhn.de> wrote:

>Just how do I tell pcvt that I have a keyboard with a German layout?
>I looked at every document and manpage I found, even at the source - 
>either I'm blind ;-) or there is something missing from the "original"
>pcvt in FreeBSD 2.0.5.

kcon -m de

or, if you like my personal keyboard style (äöü keys send [\], while
the keys modified with AltGr or Ctrl send the umlauts):

kcon -m de-prog

-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)