Bug#524235: Default alt-gr key replacement should be right alt for usa keyboard.

[Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>]

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:26:14PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:12:08PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> Now I see -- most traditional keyboard layouts are defining the right 
> Alt as AltGr (including the default one).  In the past console-setup did 
> the same but there were some complaints from American users who did not 
> like this behaviour.

I see no good reason for that.

> So now by default for 'us' layout both Alts are 
> equal.  You are right -- you have to point the right Alt as AltGr key if 
> you want the old behaviour.  Alternatively you can use the Alt+Shift 
> combination instead of 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.
> 
> I suppose all these are working if in the configuration of console-setup 
> you select the right Alt to be AltGr?  If not, this is a bug that needs 
> a fix.

You can not select AltGr.  It asks for an AltGr replacement, and
you can select:
No AltGr key
Right Alt
Right Control
Right Logo key
Menu key
Left Alt
Left Logo key
Keypad Enter key
Both Logo keys
Both Alt keys


And I think "No AltGr key" and "Left Alt" are actually the same
option.


Kurt