Bug#235125: xfree86-common: Decimal point on numeric part of Danish kbd doesn't work in some apps
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 03:28:12PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 04:19:45PM +0100, E Pimp wrote:
> > In most X applications like xchat and gaim I cannot use the decimal
> > point on the numeric part at the right of my keyboard. It is as if no
> > input is registered. In Mozilla, the button push results in the
> > insertion of a |
> >
> > Disabling Numlock turns the key into a regular Delete button as
> > it is supposed to.
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> Can you please mail this bug <235125@bugs.debian.org> the output of the
> xev command when you press and release this key in the xev window?
>
> Please strip out all the mouse events, and anything that's not a
> KeyPress or KeyRelease event, really.
With your settings, this key is defined as
key <KPDL> { [ KP_Delete, KP_Separator ] }
but other layouts define
key <KPDL> { [ KP_Delete, KP_Decimal ] }
It seems that KP_Decimal is a period and KP_Separator a comma.
That said, I do not know why this causes trouble.
Denis
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