Hmm, after checking a bit more, it seems that in apps like xterm,
konsole, it works well.
However, in applications like Firefox, when I'm using rich text editor
(like in wordpress editing), the CTRL key doesn't activate the
shortcuts unless I'm in english (us) mode.
Hetz
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 11:54:54AM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a small issue for quite a while which I can't find a fix for
>> it, and I would like to ask you if you have any suggestion before I
>> submit it to the xorg people...
>>
>> Anyone who uses any rich text editor in Linux (which has keyboard
>> shortcut), probably had this problem: you're typing text in hebrew,
>> and then when you want to underline of bold a text for example, you
>> have to change the language (alt shift in my case), and only then you
>> can use the shortcut (CTRL U, CTRL B etc..)
>>
>> In Windows, there is no such a problem: when you press the CTRL key,
>> as long as the key is pressed, you're in English mode. In X, you can
>> press CTRL, but you'll still be in the language you were a second ago,
>> and until you'll switch the language, you cannot use the shortcut
>> keys.
>>
>> After playing a lot, the best I could find using setxkbmap, was:
>> setxkbmap -option grp_led:scroll,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp:rctrl_switch
>> - but still, the right CTRL key doesn't do the trick, and there is no
>> left CTRL to switch to US while key is being pressed..
>
> grp:{l,r,}ctrl_switch means that the control keys (or only the left on,
> or only the right one) are used as as layout (temporary) switching keys.
> But then they don't function as original "Control" modifiers, right?
>
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