From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 10 15:51:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C5CF16A4E2 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nocturnal@swehack.se) Received: from smtp1.inkorgen.com (smtp1.inkorgen.com [82.99.44.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C0B643D73 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:51:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nocturnal@swehack.se) Received: from proxy1.inkorgen.com (proxy1 [192.168.100.1]) by smtp1.inkorgen.com (fbsd.s1) id k6AFogDO054641; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:50:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [81.170.248.212] ([81.170.248.212]) (authenticated bits=0) by proxy1.inkorgen.com (fbsd.p1) id k6AFovO9058289; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:50:59 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <44B2777B.5@swehack.se> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:51:23 +0200 From: nocturnal User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erik Norgaard References: <44B20BC6.3050600@swehack.se> <44B266A3.9070309@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <44B266A3.9070309@locolomo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.2/1590/Mon Jul 10 07:34:09 2006 on smtp1.inkorgen.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alt Gr key troubles in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:51:53 -0000 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