Bug#258399: xlibs: dvorak keyboard layout is missing right alt key
On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 16:38, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 09:23:19AM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> > Hello again and apologies for the delay,
> >
> > On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 00:44, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > tag 258399 + moreinfo upstream
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 08:48:38AM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> > > > Package: xlibs
> > > > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4
> > > > Severity: minor
> > > >
> > > > Greetings,
> > > >
> > > > On switching from a normal US layout to the dvorak layout in GNOME (on a
> > > > PC), I've lost the use of the right alt key...
> > >
> > > I think this is the sort of thing the unpopular modifier key change
> > > backported from upstream in -5 was intended to address.
> > >
> > > Can you reproduce this problem with 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6?
> >
> > Yes. I've upgraded xlibs[-data] and the individual libraries on which
> > it depends, and xserver-[xfree86|common], and the problem persists. Of
> > course, this is still just testing with a newer X, though libxklavier is
> > at its newest version, but other old packages could be causing this...
> >
> > Please let me know if you need any further information.
>
> My thinking now is that to fix this I need to tackle one of the few
> remaining TODO items for -7:
>
> * #256706: keep swatting away at the keyboard modifer issue; Ivan Pascal told
> BR:
> There is not modifier_del instruction in 'XKB language' but ...
> I made a simple change for xkbcomp and now it understands an instruction
> like
>
> modifier_add none { <LALT> };
> It removes the modifier binding from the specified key.
> I'm sorry I forget to mention this patch in CHANGELOG but it was a part
> of 667 change made at Dec 18 14:14:37 2003 (i.e. it is included in 4.4.0).
> If your xkbcomp is later than that version it understands such instruction.
> So I'm thinking the fix is to apply the above, then modify the symbol maps
> such that (in most cases) any keys that get modifier mappings are cleared
> first. This solution will absolutely positively need testing.
I see. Thanks for the rapid response! Let me know how I can help with
testing.
Cheers,
-Adam P.
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