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Q: I've installed xruskb and it works, but I don't see russian letters but
see accented latin letters instead.
A: You have to tune your applications to use proper russian fonts.
See Cyrillic-HOWTO at ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO
(it is not only for linux)
Q: I cannot input russian letters.
A: There can be several reasons. If you use *-cyr key map, then it is
important to have a recent version of XFree86 and proper localization, that
is LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R, and XFree86 should be able to recognize the
charset. On some versions of glibc is is needed to add a locale alias to
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.alias, a line containing
ru_RU.koi8r ru_RU.KOI8-R
If you use *-koi8 key maps (or different encoding), then sometimes it is
important not to have a localization. It is a hack method anyway. See also
Cyrillic-HOWTO on how to tune bash.
Q: Which keyboard map should I use?
A: If you have recent version of XFree86 and have proper localization
(i.e. set LANG or LC_CTYPE to something like ru_RU.KOI8-R), use
jcuken-cyr. Otherwise, try jcuken-koi8 or different encoding.
If your keyboard lacks russian marking, you may prefer yawerty-*
keymaps which have semi-phonetic correspondence between latin and
russian letters. Experiment and find out what works for you better.
Q: Why xrus is needed when there is XKB extension?
A: First, there are X11R5 servers, which don't have XKB extension. Second,
xrus works fine for many people and it is easy to set up, and it does
not conflict with XKB.
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