[Bug 879619] Re: Samsung SCX-3200 scanner ceased to work in 11.10

2011-11-01 Thread Arturo Orlando
I can add that this bug also affects my Samsung SCX-4521F. sane-find-scanner’s report is analogous to the opening poster’s. "scanimage -L" just doesn’t work. Everything was working perfectly in 11.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 822872] Re: LeftCtrl+LeftAlt+Key should be equivalent to RightAlt+Key

2011-08-16 Thread Arturo Orlando
** Description changed: This is a _major ergonomics issue_ (not to mention Windows-Ubuntu compatibility and newbie-friendliness). I shall explain why hereafter. - One of the principles for speedy and ergonomic touch typing is that one hand should generally not need to press two keys (espec

[Bug 822872] Re: LeftCtrl+LeftAlt+Key should be equivalent to RightAlt+Key

2011-08-16 Thread Arturo Orlando
My sentence “it doesn’t allow for fourth level keys, since it already includes the Shift (thus making you fall back again on right hand only for the fourth level)” was an obvious mix up. It was supposed to be: “it doesn’t allow for comfortable typing of fourth-level keys, which would require three

[Bug 822872] Re: LeftCtrl+LeftAlt+Key should be equivalent to RightAlt+Key

2011-08-13 Thread Arturo Orlando
For the sake of completeness, one must add that LeftCtrl+LeftAlt is not a _perfect_ left-hand third-level chooser, because: 1) it involves pressing two keys instead of one, which is more stressful on the hand; 2) it doesn’t allow for fourth level keys, since it already includes the Shift (thus m

[Bug 822872] Re: LeftCtrl+LeftAlt+Key should be equivalent to RightAlt+Key

2011-08-13 Thread Arturo Orlando
I have though of another way of explaining the problem: imagine you only had a right shift key, and not also a left one. Now force yourself to input capitals (and other second level keys) of right-hand keys through that right shift only, instead of pressing the left shift with your left little fing

[Bug 34126] Re: Ctrl-Alt expected to work like AltGr?

2011-08-13 Thread Arturo Orlando
There are several help requests such as yours and mine, around the web, but none of them prompted the developers to solve the problem. The cause is, in my opinion, lack of mutual understanding between those, such as us, who daily use an extended keyboard layout (and so take the importance of thi

[Bug 34126] Re: Ctrl-Alt expected to work like AltGr?

2011-08-13 Thread Arturo Orlando
Since this bug report sadly turned into a flame, which prevented understanding of the issue’s relevance, and because it is now five and a half years old, I have filed a new report (Bug #822872: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-config/+bug/822872) in which I have tried to expl

[Bug 822872] Re: LeftCtrl+LeftAlt+Key should be equivalent to RightAlt+Key

2011-08-13 Thread Arturo Orlando
In the meantime, I have found a temporary workaround: in the keyboard layout options (System>Preferences>Keyboard>Layouts>Options…): 1) under “Key to choose 3rd level” check “Left Alt” and “Right Alt”, 2) under “Alt/Win key behavior” select “Left Alt is swapped with left Win”. The first step solv

[Bug 822872] Re: LeftCtrl+LeftAlt+Key should be equivalent to RightAlt+Key

2011-08-13 Thread Arturo Orlando
Well, actually the problem can be reproduced by anyone (including you), as I have explained. You only need to choose a keyboard layout containing third-level keys (most European ones do, as well as the US/UK international one) and then try to input such a key by pressing it at the same time as l

[Bug 822872] Re: LeftCtrl+LeftAlt+Key should be equivalent to RightAlt+Key

2011-08-13 Thread Arturo Orlando
** Description changed: This is a _major ergonomics issue_ (not to mention Windows-Ubuntu compatibility and newbie-friendliness). I shall explain why hereafter. One of the principles for speedy and ergonomic touch typing is that one hand should generally not need to press two keys (espec

[Bug 822872] [NEW] LeftCtrl+LeftAlt+Key should be equivalent to RightAlt+Key

2011-08-08 Thread Arturo Orlando
Public bug reported: This is a _major ergonomics issue_ (not to mention Windows-Ubuntu compatibility and newbie-friendliness). I shall explain why hereafter. One of the principles for speedy and ergonomic touch typing is that one hand should generally not need to press two keys (especially if di