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- VGA has a traditional appearance and has medium coverage of international scripts; - Fixed has a simplistic appearance and has better coverage of international scripts; - Terminus is aimed to reduce eye fatigue, though some symbols have a similar aspect which may be a problem for programmers.

Please select the size of the font for the Linux console. When the size is represented as a plain number then the corresponding font can be used with all console drivers and the number measures the height of the symbols (in number of scan lines). Otherwise the size has the format HEIGHTxWIDTH and the corresponding fonts can be used only if you use framebuffer and the kbd console package (console-tools doesn't work for such fonts). Currently these fonts cannot be used if the framebuffer you use is based on the RadeonFB kernel module.

You can use the height of the fonts in order to figure out the real size of the symbols on the console. For reference, the font your computer starts with has height 16.

The most ergonomic choices seem to be the right Alt and the Caps Lock keys (in the latter case, use the combination Shift+Caps Lock for normal Caps toggle). Another popular choice is the Alt+Shift combination; note however that in this case the combination Alt+Shift (or Control+Shift if you choose it) will lose its usual meaning in Emacs and other programs using it.

Method for temporarily toggling between national and Latin input:

Sometimes the keyboard is in national mode and you want to type only a few Latin letters. In this case it may be desirable to have a key for temporarily switching between national and Latin symbols. While this key is pressed in national mode, the keyboard types Latin letters. Conversely, when the keyboard is in Latin mode and this key is pressed, the keyboard will type national letters.

With some keyboard layouts, AltGr is a modifier key used to input some characters, primarily ones that are unusual for the language of the keyboard layout, such as foreign currency symbols and accented letters. If a key has a third symbol on it (on the front vertical face or the bottom right of the key top, sometimes in a different color), then AltGr is often the means of eliciting that symbol.

The Compose key (known also as Multi_key) causes the computer to interpret the next few keystrokes as a combination in order to produce a character not found on the keyboard.

On the text console the Compose key does not work in Unicode mode. If not in Unicode mode, regardless of what you choose here, you can always also use the Alt+period combination as a Compose key.

The file system on ${PARTITION} assigned to ${MOUNTPOINT} has not been marked for formatting. Directories containing system files (/etc, /lib, /usr, /var, ...) that already exist under any defined mountpoint will be deleted during the install.

By default, updates need to be applied manually using package management tools. Alternatively, you can choose to have this system automatically download and install security updates, or you can choose to manage this system over the web as part of a group of systems using Canonical's Landscape service.