Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:17:24 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: John W <jwdevel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Subject: Re: Compose key oddity Message-ID: <20100428051724.GA33672@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <o2ofa8771801004272120ia3ad3fd3zf1921b386f4327cf@mail.gmail.com> References: <k2sfa8771801004262139occ18fddetaf7f460acbb07786@mail.gmail.com> <4BD6D06D.6010601@icyb.net.ua> <o2ofa8771801004272120ia3ad3fd3zf1921b386f4327cf@mail.gmail.com>
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--+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 09:20:29PM -0700, John W wrote: > I have no ~/.XCompose file, so that's out. Also check for ~/.Xmodmap. See xmodmap(1). > If I press <dot> <dot>, I get two periods, so it can't be a dead key, > it seems. I think a dead key will not register the first time you > press it, if I understand correctly. >=20 > Running xev (thanks for telling me about that one!) gives interesting out= put. > typing <rwin><dot><dot> gives these events: > KeyPress for keycode 115 (which is rwin) > KeyRelease for keycode 115 > KeyPress for '.' > KeyRelease for '.' > KeyPress for '.' > KeyPress for '=E2=80=A6' <-- It sees the ellipsis! > KeyRelease for '.' >=20 > In fact the DOT ABOVE character doesn't show up in xev's output at all. > And yet it shows up everywhere else I try it. >=20 > To my surprise, I haven't yet found a good way to simply print out > what my current keyboard layout is... > Also I'm not sure if there's a separate layout for X and for the OS in > general, I think they're different. Yes. > For OS keyboard map: > I don't have anything defined in rc.conf, so I'm just using the kernel > default, I think. > However, looking at /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/NOTES, I see these lines: >=20 > # Options for atkbd: > options ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP # specify the built-in keymap > makeoptions ATKBD_DFLT_KEYMAP=3Djp.106 >=20 > Can that really mean that I'm using a japanese keyboard layout by default? No. NOTES is not used in building the kernel. It just lists the available o= ptions. > For X side of things, I see this in my Xorg.0.log: <snip> > I couldn't find a better way to determine my current in-use keyboard > map. Perhaps there's some command for that? 'setxkbmap -print' had > some cryptic output. Try 'xmodmap -pke|less'. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkvXxOMACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVa6wCfX4WXrWMd+w9BWOghb3b4lKTU oV8An01WznOG8gU+49bXuJ1Q//XbcTjH =9Tl+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI--
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