(In reply to comment #90) > (In reply to comment #88) > > (In reply to comment #86) > > > Already proven to break the XKB specification, yes. > > ... > > It is not in XKBproto but in XKBlib spec. You can see the only assertion > against changing layout on release in general (and the patch in particular) in > ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.0/doc/PDF/XKBlib.pdf, "Table 16.4 Group Action > Types", the last item XkbSA_LockGroup, citing: > > " > 1. If the XkbSA_GroupAbsolute is set in the flags field, key press events set > .... > 2. A key release has no effect. > " Thanks again Ilya! First for providing the patch, and then for high-lighting exactly where the XKB standard made what we now know to be a bad choice. Happens. No one's perfect. Not even the wisdom of the Xfree86 crowd. Anyone know whether / how the standard can be brought up to date, so it joins us in the new millennium?
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