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Bug#238189: XKB Options Configuration not working ?



On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 06:56:50PM +0200, Riku Voipio wrote:
[...]
> > I do not know what kcontrol is supposed to do, but AFAICT CapsLock can
> > not be emulated as on typewriters.  The 'Shift cancels Caps' idiom means
> > that Shift+Caps prints lowercase letters (roughly); when Shift is
> > released, CapsLock is still locked.
> 
> So if those options arent working for you, it is a problem with 
> setxkbmap or your keyboard setup.

Please re-read my statement above.  These options work as expected,
the problem is that the bug submiter misunderstood what 'Shift cancels
CapsLock' means.

> Remember that kcontrol uses setxkbmap, and if setxkbmap fails
> silently, it can't really know that the specific options wont work.

Again, setxkbmap does what it is supposed to do, this is why I
reassigned this bug to kcontrol.

If this is still not clear, type
  $ setxkbmap -option caps:shift
  [Press CapsLock, followed by 'aaaa' then Shift+'aaaa' and CapsLock again]
  AAAAaaaa
  $ setxkbmap -option caps:shift_nocancel
  [Press CapsLock, followed by 'aaaa' then Shift+'aaaa' and CapsLock again]
  AAAAAAAA

BTW I was unable to find these settings with kcontrol 3.2.1-1.

Denis



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