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S u bseq u e n t c o m m a n d s w i l l reve rt to u s i n g t h e system ' s d e fa u l t l a n g u a g e for output. T h e locale
com m a n d c a n be used to c h e c k the c u rrent va l u e of LANG and ot h e r re lated enviro n m e n t
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Input method settings

G N O M E 3 i n Red Hat Enterprise L i n u x 7 a u to m a t i ca l l y uses t h e IBus i n p u t method s e l e c t i o n
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syste m , w h i c h m a kes it e a s y to c h a n g e keyboard l ayo uts a n d i n p u t m e t h o d s q u ic k l y.

The Region & Language a p p l ication ca n a l so be used to e n a b l e a lternat ive i n p ut methods. I n t h e

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Region & Language a p p l icat i o n ' s w i n d ow, t h e Input Sources b o x s h ows w h a t i n put m e t h o d s a re
c u r re n t l y ava i l a b l e. By defa u l t . English ( US) may be t h e o n l y ava i l a b l e m e t h o d . H ig h l ig h t English
( US) a n d c l i c k t h e keyboard icon to see t h e c u rrent keyboard l ayout.
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To a d d a n ot h e r i n put method, c l i c k t h e+ b utton at t h e bottom l eft of the Input Sources w i n d ow.

An Add an Input Source w i n dow w i l l o p e n . S e l ect you r l a n g u a g e, a n d t h e n you r p referred i n p u t
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m e t h o d o r key b o a rd l ayout.

O n ce m o re t h a n o n e i n put method i s confi g u re d , the user c a n switch between them q u ic k l y by

ty p i n g S u p e r +Space (so m e t i mes ca l l e d Windows+Space). A status indicator w i l l a l so a p p e a r -

i n t h e G N O M E top bar, w h i c h h a s two f u n c t i o n s : I t i n d icates w h i c h i n p u t method is active, a n d

acts a s a m e n u that c a n be used to switc h betwe e n i n put m e t h o d s o r s e l ect a d va n ced featu res o f
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S o m e of t h e methods a re m a r ked w i t h g e a rs, wh i c h i n d icate t h a t those m e t h o d s have advanced

config u ra t i o n options a n d capa b i l i t i es. Fo r exa m p le, t h e J a p a nese Japanese (Kana Kanji) i n p u t -

m e t h o d a l l ows t h e user to p re-ed it t e x t i n L a t i n a n d use Down Ar r ow a n d U p Ar row keys t o

s e l ect t h e correct c h a racters to use.
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US E n g l i s h spea kers may find a l so this usefu l . Fo r exa m p l e, u n d e r English ( United States) is the
key board l ayout English (international AltGr dead keys), which t reats Alt G r (o r t h e r i g h t Alt )
on a PC 1 04/1 0 5 - key keyboard as a "seco n d a ry-shift" m o d i f i e r key a n d d e a d key act ivati o n key -

for t y p i n g a d d i t i o n a l c h a racte rs. T h e re a re a l so Dvora k a n d ot h e r a l ternat ive l ayouts ava i l a b l e.

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Note
Any U n icode c h a racter c a n be e ntered i n t h e G N O M E d e s ktop e n v i ro n m e n t if t h e u s e r
k n ows t h e c h a racter's U n icode code point, by typ i n g Ct r l+Shift + U , fo l l owed by t h e -

code p o i n t . Aft e r Ct r l+Shi f t + U h a s been t y p e d , a n u nd e r l i ne d u w i l l be d i s p l ayed to

i n d icate that t h e system is wait i n g for U n icode code p o i n t e n t ry.
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Fo r exa m p l e, the l owercase Greek l etter l a m bd a h a s t h e c o d e p o i n t U+03BB, a n d c a n be

e nt e re d by ty p i n g Ct r l+Shift + U , t h e n 03bb, t h e n E n t e r .
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System-wide default langua ge settings -

T h e syste m ' s defa u l t l a n g u a g e is set to US E n g l is h , u s i n g t h e U T F-8 e ncod i n g of U n icode as its
c h a racter set (en_us . u t f8) , but t h i s ca n be c h a n g e d d u r i n g o r after i n st a l l a t i o n .
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From t h e co m m a n d l i ne, root c a n c h a n g e t h e syste m-wide loca l e sett i n g s w i t h t h e locale c t l
com m a n d . I f locale c t l is r u n w i t h n o a rg u ments, it w i l l d i s p l ay t h e c u rrent syste m - w i d e l o ca l e
sett i n g s .
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