Bug#524235: Default alt-gr key replacement should be right alt for usa keyboard.
On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:12:51PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 07:30:01PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> >
> > When installing console-setup, it asks for various keyboard
> > settings. I've selected pc104 - usa - usa.
> >
> > Then it asks for an "AltGr key replacement". A standard US
> > keyboard does not have an AltGr key, and I guess this is
> > why it's asking this question?
>
> This question is always asked (but sometimes it is hidden because of
> Debconf priority). It simply asks the user which one of the keys should
> act as Compose key.
>
> > The default option is "No AltGr key" which seems to make it a
> > Left Alt key.
>
> Are you sure about this? I tested the pc104-usa-usa configuration and
> it seems the option "No AltGr key" makes both Alt keys to work as Alt
> (not as AltGr).
And it shouldn't make both keys work the same. They never have
worked the same for me. One is a Left Alt, the other a Right Alt.
> > It seems I need to select the "Right Alt" option to make my
> > keyboard work like it used to again. I didn't have any kind
> > of configuration before.
>
> I don't understand why you need AltGr - the standard us layout doesn't
> have any symbol for AltGr. Maybe you are using some other layout?
It doesn't have any AltGr. Yet, some key combinations work
differently depeding on wether you use the left or the right alt
key.
Some of those are:
left alt + numeric keys: Type char in decimal notation
right alt + numeric keys: Type char in hex notation
left alt + F1-12: Switch to vc 1-12
right alt + F1-12: Switch to vc 13-24
left alt acts like the meta key, the right alt does't.
There might be some others that change depending on L/R too,
but I probably don't use them.
I can not use the right alt to type other chars like what a
AltGr is used for.
Note that before console-setup was pulled in by X, I did not have
any configuration for my keyboard at all.
Kurt
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