Public bug reported:
unity-settings-daemon => gsd-keyboard-manager.c has an Ubuntu specific patch
that strips the grp: part in XKB options:
if (n_sources < 2 || g_strcmp0 (g_getenv ("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP"),
"Unity") == 0)
strip_xkb_option (options, "grp:");
The original upstream source code is:
if (n_sources < 2)
strip_xkb_option (options, "grp:");
That causes a problem: we're no longer able to type e.g. Greek in
TuxPaint, because TuxPaint grabs the keyboard layout, and u-s-d then
doesn't see the layout switching shortcut.
But: if we do revert only that line of the source code to what's in upstream,
then we get another problem: that the XKB-defined layout switching shortcut
(e.g. Alt+Shift) doesn't update the keyboard indicator in the panel, only the
GNOME-defined shortcut (e.g. Win+Space) does.
To solve this, I think u-s-d needs to handle ISO_Next_Group. I don't know if
that part exists upstream, but I do know that it works fine in Fedora 20.
After solving this bug, a tiny issue will remain: that Alt+Shift inside
keyb-grabbing applications won't update the keyboard indicator. Upstream
GNOME doesn't want patches for that and may try to solve it in SDL, but
the other 2 issues described above ^ are Ubuntu-specific.
** Affects: unity-settings-daemon
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Patch added: "dont_strip_grp.patch"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1315867/+attachment/4104866/+files/dont_strip_grp.patch
** Also affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Don't strip XKB grp
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