Bug#1026986: console-setup: "Dead" keys do not work for Greek keyboard layout in tty

2022-12-30 Thread Παύλος Γκέσος
I confirm that all Greek characters with their accent appear normally. It's the end of seven+ years of pain! Thank you very much!

Bug#1026986: console-setup: "Dead" keys do not work for Greek keyboard layout in tty

2022-12-29 Thread Samuel Thibault
Παύλος Γκέσος, le jeu. 29 déc. 2022 23:37:21 +0200, a ecrit: > > Ah, you mean that currently, shift-w produces Sigma, but that's not > > actually useful, so we can just make it a dead key for ̈́? > > Exactly! > This is what Microsoft Windows does. > Probably the Windows kernel has the same

Bug#1026986: console-setup: "Dead" keys do not work for Greek keyboard layout in tty

2022-12-29 Thread Παύλος Γκέσος
> Ah, you mean that currently, shift-w produces Sigma, but that's not > actually useful, so we can just make it a dead key for ̈́? Exactly! This is what Microsoft Windows does. Probably the Windows kernel has the same limitation too :-)

Bug#1026986: console-setup: "Dead" keys do not work for Greek keyboard layout in tty

2022-12-29 Thread Samuel Thibault
Παύλος Γκέσος, le jeu. 29 déc. 2022 23:08:23 +0200, a ecrit: > > There is a workaround then. > > The Microsoft Windows workaround: > > > > Press key combination Shift-w (dead key for ΅) > > Press key y or i to get characters ΰ or ΐ. > > To certify what I said about Shift-w: >

Bug#1026986: console-setup: "Dead" keys do not work for Greek keyboard layout in tty

2022-12-29 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Παύλος Γκέσος, le jeu. 29 déc. 2022 23:02:55 +0200, a ecrit: > > Yes, unfortunately that's something that the Linux kernel does not > > support currently. It only supports one dead key press at a time. > > I never imagined that for dead keys there is code in the kernel. The whole Linux

Bug#1026986: console-setup: "Dead" keys do not work for Greek keyboard layout in tty

2022-12-29 Thread Παύλος Γκέσος
> There is a workaround then. > The Microsoft Windows workaround: > > Press key combination Shift-w (dead key for ΅) > Press key y or i to get characters ΰ or ΐ. To certify what I said about Shift-w: http://kbdlayout.info/kbdhe

Bug#1026986: console-setup: "Dead" keys do not work for Greek keyboard layout in tty

2022-12-29 Thread Παύλος Γκέσος
> Yes, unfortunately that's something that the Linux kernel does not > support currently. It only supports one dead key press at a time. I never imagined that for dead keys there is code in the kernel. There is a workaround then. The Microsoft Windows workaround: Press key combination Shift-w

Bug#1026986: console-setup: "Dead" keys do not work for Greek keyboard layout in tty

2022-12-29 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Παύλος Γκέσος, le mar. 27 déc. 2022 11:08:02 +0200, a ecrit: > The following functionality is not fixed: > > WHAT MUST HAPPEN: > Type KEY ; (in Greek is the CHAR "'") - This is a > "dead" key and nothing happens > Type KEY COMBINATION Shift-; (in Greek is the CHAR """) -

Bug#1026986: console-setup: "Dead" keys do not work for Greek keyboard layout in tty

2022-12-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Pavlos Gkesos, le dim. 25 déc. 2022 19:36:15 +0200, a ecrit: > I remember this annoying issue, in all Debian based distros, at least for the > last 7 years. Apparently it hasn't been reported for that much time, so... ;) > Type KEY a (in Greek is the CHAR "α"). Two CHARs "'α" appear in

Bug#1026986: console-setup: "Dead" keys do not work for Greek keyboard layout in tty

2022-12-25 Thread Pavlos Gkesos
Package: console-setup Version: 1.205 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: gessos.p...@gmail.com Dear Maintainer, I remember this annoying issue, in all Debian based distros, at least for the last 7 years. Initial Conditions: There is no X. I have only the tty. (Or there is a desktop environment