Hi, I have investigated the issue a bit more.
Apparently it's not X fault (xev shows the exact keycode, whether it's in english or hebrew when pressing CTRL). I have tested this issue with GMail's rich text editing, and it works perfectly (pressing CTRL B or CTRL U while typing in hebrew). It seems that the issue appears only with online rich text editors who uses TinyMCE on Firefox (2.x/3.x) in Linux. I have submitted a bug about this issue, and you can see it here: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=635682&aid=1981482&group_id=103281 Thanks, Hetz On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? >> >> -- >> Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is >> http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best >> ICQ# 16849754 | | friend >> >> ================================================================= >> To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >> the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command >> echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > > -- > Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. > my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org > -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
