Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:08:44 +0200 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: nocturnal <nocturnal@swehack.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alt Gr key troubles in FreeBSD Message-ID: <44BB539C.8090505@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <44BB4253.50506@swehack.se> References: <44B20BC6.3050600@swehack.se> <44B266A3.9070309@locolomo.org> <44B2777B.5@swehack.se> <44B2CA13.2030804@locolomo.org> <44BB4253.50506@swehack.se>
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nocturnal wrote: > I tried all the things you mentioned and i discovered that the problem > can easily be reproduced in any application. It's simply a matter of me > not letting go of the shift key fast enough. I reproduce it by typing > any number of characters in caps with the shift key down and then > directly switching to pressing the alt gr key and hitting the 8 > character for example in order to produce the [ character on Swedish > keyboards. This is when the output becomes silent and nothing happens. I don't think this is a bug, but rather a feature: Some characters become available with the combination of Alt-Gr+shift, for example if you don't have a spanish keyboard, you can produce a '¿' with Alt-Gr+'?' but to get the '?' you may have to use shift as well. Same ting with '¡' and you will find that Alt-Gr+a produces a 'ª' while Alt-Gr+shift+a produces a 'º' ... IIRC. That output becomes "silent" is simply a result of no character being located at the Alt-Gr+shift position on that key. The only characters (I know) I haven't figured out how to type on my danish keyboard are ç (French, Portuguese ...) and · (Catalan). So if someone complains, then just say that it's because they have the Babelfish keyboard layout :) Anyway, I think that this behaviour may date back to old style keyboards where the Alt-Gr was a "compose character" and to avoid you having to press the fourth key with your nose, you could let go of the others. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9
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