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    Correct way to disable 'deadkeys' on a new Feisty install

    On the new feisty installs I have just done, there is a specific keyboard behaviour I would like to change, but it is not something that appears on any of the (many, complicated!) keyboard setup tabs in System Config, and googling has not helped so far.

    I think the behaviour is called 'deadkeys' and allows accents to be easily added to many letters, by pressing for example ' then s to give an accented s - to type "it's" I have to type "it" then apostrophe, then SPACE, then "s" - the space is not added, it is the 'don't compose the accented options' signal.

    As I don't need accented characters as often as normal apostrophe , I want to deactivate this behaviour. Can anyone tell me the proper way to do this?
    I don't think this should be enabled by default as few people will be used to it, and if they want it and can enable it, that would be better.

    Keyboard layout is US:intl on a Thinkpad R50p. The keymap appears to be correct.

    many thanks

    Miles
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