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Containers built to be used with Kubeflow for Data Science
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ml-workspace: allow change of keyboard layout #57

Closed chritter closed 4 years ago

chritter commented 4 years ago

Hello, I work with a Mac which has a different keyboard layout than those available in the VNC session of the ml-workspace. It would be great to have an option to change the keyboard layout.

frazs commented 4 years ago

This one would be tricky for me as I do not have a mac keyboard to test

chritter commented 4 years ago

@frazs I am working now heavily in the workspace with geomatics tools and this would easy the usage. I would be happy to assist with the testing. Also, we we have our own image build on top your ml-workspace running on kubeflow which I could use for testing. However I expect that the approval process of the changes of the image is lengthy so it might not be the right choice (@brendangadd).

Should I move the issue to https://github.com/StatCan/kubeflow-containers-desktop ?

frazs commented 4 years ago

On the image as-is, have you tried:

Applications (top left corner) -> Settings -> Keyboard -> 'Layout' tab

Uncheck 'System defaults' and select something that looks right, maybe MacBook/MacBook Pro or MacBook/MacBook Pro (intl.)?

Then, under 'Change layout option', I think that's what you want mapped to your Command key, and I'm not positive on where yours are, but try Right Alt, Left Alt, or just Alt

Mac keyboards don't typically feature a compose key so you can probably leave that blank.

chritter commented 4 years ago

@frazs I tried the Macbook layouts however command + c and command + v corresponding to copy and paste do not work. I tried the 'Change layout option'. Then I looked into xmodmap and tried to switch control and command keys. No success.

chritter commented 4 years ago

I am closing this one as I do not have the time to continue working on this.

frazs commented 4 years ago

I'd like for this to remain open as long as it is unresolved. Perhaps you or another Mac user will have some time available in the future, or I'll get access to a Mac keyboard or the means to simulate one.