Questions tagged [russian]
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Typing guillemets (angle quotes, «») in Russian and English keyboards
I want to type guillemets (angle quotes, «») in Ubuntu when using
Russian keyboard mapping
English keyboard mapping
Is it possible (preferably without typing numeric codes)?
There is a discussion here, but it does not mention Linux.
rapt
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Cannot use Ruble sign on Russian keyboard layout
With a Russian keyboard layout, I cannot access the Russian Ruble symbol ₽ with Alt Gr + 8.
Does anyone have a solution for this, or is this fixed in newer Ubuntu versions?
I use Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS.
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How to add Cyrillic in Ubuntu 18.04?
I have already installed Russian keyboard layout.
In language support -> installed languages I already have Russian.
But when I open text file with Cyrillic I have encoding problems. This files was created in Windows earlier. With new files I don't…
Eric Korolev
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How to teach Ubuntu 15.04 Russian spelling system the ё letter?
I have just installed a clean Ubuntu 15.04 system and was very disappointed it highlights all the words including the ё (yo) letter as wrong and suggests replacing мёд (myod: honey) with мед (medical), etc.
This happens in both Firefox and…
Ivan
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Auto switch keyboard layout to match input language in Ubuntu 16
Is there any software for Ubuntu 16.04 that will automatically switch keyboard layout to match input language if you start to type when wrong layout is on. It must work with any application where you can type a text. Something like Punto Switcher…
Rib47
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why are russian letters shown incorrectly?
I have no idea why russian letters are shown incorrectly. For example in rhythmbox:
what's wrong?
Steve
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How do I set my keyboard layout to work like the Windows mnemonic Russian keyboard?
This is the mnemonic Russian keyboard in Windows.
while this is the phonetic Russian layout in Ubuntu.
In Windows there are some Russian characters mapped in different keys and also:
From Wikipedia:
Windows 10 includes its own…
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Correct Russian keyboard layout: Toshiba M70-350 + Xubuntu 14.04
Just as said in the title, is it possible to get a ready, correct keyboard layout for this ancient laptop and install it? Those layouts available with the distro don't get the , . etc. right.
Pavel
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L4D2 keyboard layout issue Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Recently I started using Linux and I play Left 4 Dead 2. I ran it on Linux Mint, Arch Linux and now I'm on ubuntu. In all these three distros the game would set Audio Output Device to 5.1 Speakers instead of Headphones and this happens every time I…
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Ubuntu 23.10 Boot Problems
I have a long-standing problem that prevents me from using Ubuntu. Ubuntu, after a proper and stable installation with USB, refuses to boot, does not even come out any logo, not even a boot menu. A black screen just appears with a flashing underline…
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How to change the language in single-user mode to English
I have this problem: when I start single-user mode, the keyboard layout is Russian. I'm trying to change it to English using the keyboard shortcut ctrl+shift, super+space. Nothing comes out. How do I change the layout to English? I have a Lubuntu…
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Russian Cryrilic Italics Displayed Incorrectly
A few characters don't appear properly when in Italic, for example:
The character that looks like a u with an accent should be й and the last alphabetic u (in bold and italics should be) и.
Any ideas why this is? It seems it may be an issue with…
Kohjah Breese
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How to install Russian phonetic keyboard on 16.04
I need to install a Russian phonetic keyboard. From keyboard settings, I only get the "йцукен" keyboard, but I need the "яшерты" one. Does anyone know how I can do this directly, or how can I make my own keyboard from the Terminal?
Ruairí Másún
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