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From: Alexander Zangerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xlibs: xkb and grab with int'l keyboard: mode_switch does not work
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Package: xlibs
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i'm using a german keyboard, which means that @,|,{ etc. are accessed
using the altgr key which maps to mode_switch plus some key.
applications like xscreensaver and quintuple-agent that grab the keyboard
cannot read any of the above mentioned characters.
the symptom is like this: if i'm pressing altgr-q (which should produce
@) just q itself is received by the app.
i've digged into both apps and added ugly printf debugging, and that
is what i detected: there are two events generated, one for the
keypress of altgr and one for q. XLookupString returns no string for
the first event, which is ok as altgr/mode_switch is nonprintable and
just a modifier. unfortunately, XLookupString does then return just q
for the second event, which is wrong.
my xkb setup is absolutely plain, model pc102, layout de,
variant nodeadkeys and options ctrl:nocaps.
all other x apps like xev that do not grab the keyboard work fine.
i've done some research about xkb and known problems with intl keyboards
in a grabbed-keyboard situation, and i came up with this
<URL:http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2602/uqlx.html#SEC23>,
but i have not digged deeper.
workaround: turn off xkb, and everything behaves correctly again.
solution? i've not digged deep enough to propose some, but IMHO it seems
that this is a low-level problem with xkb itself.
regards
az
-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux CFT 2.2.19 #1 Sun Aug 12 21:32:51 EST 2001 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages xlibs depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.4-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libfreetype6 2.0.2.20010514 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
ii xfree86-common 4.1.0-6 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
ii xlibs 4.1.0-6 X Window System client libraries
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 23:29:09 +0200
From: Denis Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: xlibs: this old bug does not exist anymore with xfree86 4.x
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Package: xlibs
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Hi,
this old bug seems indeed to have been fixed in xfree86 4.x (tested with
xscreensaver), so I am closing it.
Denis
