James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
Ralph Shumaker wrote:
I don't know what I did, but [Alt][F10] (in gnome on FC7) used to
maximize the active window. For some reason the right hand [Alt]
stopped functioning this way. How do I fix this?
The choices on this config page seem designed with specific intent to
confuse
..but
You may find some options to experiment with at
system > preferences > keyboard > layout options
Look at 'Group Shift/Lock behavior"
All seems fine here.
in addition to "Alt/Win key behavior"
This /seems/ all right with the setting of "Default", but I'm going to
try others.
How can I be sure that the right hand [Alt] key is even working? I'm
currently getting no indication of it. Well, I just answered my own
question (about it working). This is a USB keyboard. Once before I had
a problem with it ceasing to work during a session. Hotplugging did not
help. The PS2 keyboard would not work if plugged in hot. IIRC, the
mouse still worked so I was able to save everything. But it was such an
inconvenience that since that time I have left the PS2 keyboard plugged
in all the time. I just tend to forget that it's there. Anyway, I just
checked, and it exibits the same behavior. So unless they both just
happen to have the right [Alt] key bad, ...
Enough poking around with different options led to the proper
frustration level and frame of mind to choose [Reset to defaults] which
promptly restored proper function. Further tinkering revealed that the
mere *presence* of the spanish keyboard layout "Catalan" was the
culprit. Present => malfunction. Absent => OK. All this is despite
the fact that the "U.S. English" layout was selected the whole time.
Further poking and changing reveals that it makes no difference which
keyboard I select (even U.S. English International). The mere presence
of a second layout kills the right [Alt] key.
So much for a convenient way to type Spanish.
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