Bug#533099: xorg: compose key / multi key ignored after 7.3+18
Package: xorg
Version: 1:7.4+3
Severity: normal
The compose key, where one presses a single dead key, then a sequence of
characters, has stopped functioning in the 1.6.2 RC versions of X.org
The compose key, also called MULTI_KEY allows sequences such as:
compose ' e -> e accent ague
compose / o -> norse o
compose ! ! -> spanish inverted exclaimation point
I use xmodmap to set up this key, like so:
!
! This is an `xmodmap' input file for
! Microsoft `Natural' 104 key (XFree86; US) keyboards.
[...]
keycode 0x6D = Multi_key
This happens to set the right control key to be the Multi_key.
xkeycaps confirms that this takes effect. However, xev shows that that the
received event is for Control_R, not the deadkey as requested.
This stopped working without any config changes across an update of X.
I do not see any other way to set up the compose key.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages xorg depends on:
ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:4.2.2-1 X terminal emulator for KDE 4
ii libgl1-mesa-dri 7.0.3-7 A free implementation of the OpenG
ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 7.0.3-7 A free implementation of the OpenG
ii libglu1-mesa 7.0.3-7 The OpenGL utility library (GLU)
hi mrxvt [x-terminal-emulator] 0.5.3-2 lightweight multi-tabbed X termina
ii mrxvt-mini [x-terminal-emulat 0.5.3-2 lightweight multi-tabbed X termina
ii rxvt [x-terminal-emulator] 1:2.6.4-14 VT102 terminal emulator for the X
ii rxvt-unicode [x-terminal-emul 9.06-1 RXVT-like terminal emulator with U
ii x11-apps 7.3+4 X applications
ii x11-session-utils 7.3+1 X session utilities
ii x11-utils 7.4+1 X11 utilities
ii x11-xfs-utils 7.4+1 X font server utilities
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.4+2 X11 XKB utilities
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.4+2 X server utilities
ii xauth 1:1.0.3-2 X authentication utility
ii xfonts-100dpi 1:1.0.0-4 100 dpi fonts for X
ii xfonts-75dpi 1:1.0.0-4 75 dpi fonts for X
ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.0-6 standard fonts for X
ii xfonts-scalable 1:1.0.0-6 scalable fonts for X
ii xfonts-utils 1:7.4+1 X Window System font utility progr
ii xinit 1.1.1-1 X server initialisation tool
ii xkb-data 1.6-1 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii xorg-docs-core 1:1.4-5 Core documentation for the X.org X
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.4+1 the X.Org X server
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 242-1 X terminal emulator
xorg recommends no packages.
Versions of packages xorg suggests:
ii xorg-docs 1:1.4-5 Miscellaneous documentation for th
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