Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:51:23 +0200 From: nocturnal <nocturnal@swehack.se> To: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alt Gr key troubles in FreeBSD Message-ID: <44B2777B.5@swehack.se> In-Reply-To: <44B266A3.9070309@locolomo.org> References: <44B20BC6.3050600@swehack.se> <44B266A3.9070309@locolomo.org>
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Hi Well i usually use vim and it's hard to know if it happens in other applications, because i use vim so much compared to the other applications and also because i mostly write those characters in vim. I do use FreeBSD at home to and i can't remember any problems from writing e-mails or chatting on irc. I use rxvt for all my terminal applications. Of course this could simply mean i don't use those characters much in those applications. I used to use nedit, before vim, and i am sure i had the same problem in nedit. Med vänliga hälsningar Stefan Midjich aka nocturnal [Swehack] http://swehack.se Erik Norgaard wrote: > nocturnal wrote: > >> i noticed major issues with Alt Gr keys. I think they're called >> deadkeys in the X.org configuration. It's mainly because i'm from >> sweden and have all the important characters like {, [, ], }, among >> others, on keys that require the Alt Gr key to be pressed for me to >> use them. It's hard to reproduce the problem as sometimes i can type >> at very high speed and still not have a problem when i hit an alt gr >> character and other times i type really slow but get stuck on the alt >> gr characters. > > Dead keys AFAIK refers to the keys you normally use to compose other > characters with, such as ^ which you normally use to write a character > like â or ~ to write ñ. The keys you refer to, {},[] are not "dead" keys. > > While I have had problems with _dead keys_ in some programs, I have > never had problems with the characters you mention (I use a danish > keyboard). > > One thing I have noticed is that this may be application specific, you > may be able to write the character in one program under X but not in > another. I had for example a problem writing ñ with eterm while it > worked perfectly in xterm. > > Some programs allow or require you to set these things separately, for > example xemacs and thunderbird. > >> I'd love it if someone could point me in the right direction because i >> suspect this could be something i need to take up with the x.org people. > > First check if this problem occurs in all applications or just some > applications, do also try xterm and vi under xterm. Also, try on a plain > console without X. And check your keyboard setting in your XF86Config. > > If the problem is specific to some applications, post which. > > Cheers, Erik
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