Rdesktop uses its own set of keyboard layout files.
$ ls /usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps
ar de en-us fo fr-ch is lt nl pt sv
common de-ch es fr he it lv nl-be pt-br th
cs en-dv et fr-be hr ja mk no ru tr
da en-gb fi fr-ca hu ko modifiers pl sl
If you want to use any layout other than en-us
, use the -k
option.
$ rdesktop -k fr-ca server
I use Programmer Dvorak, so I was thrilled when I found someone who had created a keymap for it.
Copy en-dvp to /usr/share/rdesktop/keymaps
and you're on your way.
$ rdesktop -k en-dvp server