On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:44:23 +0100, "Kim Woelders" <k...@woelders.dk> wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:54:07 +0100, Dennis Nezic > <denn...@dennisn.dyndns.org> wrote: > > > I posted a couple of months ago about this issue (end of august), > > and still haven't managed to resolve it :P. So, to recap: > > > > * No keybindings of "special keys" work on my acer laptop keyboard > > (Option "XkbModel" "acer_ferrari4k") like XF86Mail, EuroSign, when > > e16 FIRST starts up--but they do with 'eesh restart'. This suggests > > that the problem is not with my configuration, but with the way e16 > > "grabs" control of the keyboard; perhaps a timing issue. > > Keybindings of "normal" keys always work. It should be noted that > > the special keys are recognized (xev)--just not bound. > > > > * An interesting anomaly is the normal 'dollar' symbol. My laptop > > has another separate key just for it, in addition to the normal one > > above the '4' key. But if I make a keybinding to 'dollar', it will > > trigger when I press '4' (not Shift-4). This problem of having the > > "shift-level" symbol being interpreted as the "first level" only > > exists with this duplicated dollar symbol, and not with others like > > 'at' or 'numbersign'. If I remove 'dollar' from my bindings.cfg, > > the '4' key is once again interpreted as '4', and not the key-bound > > dollar, which suggests that the problem has something to do with > > e16's key binding mechanism. > > > > * Most interesting of all, starting e16 with null theme (removing > > the theme folders; eesh theme says Name: (null)) makes the "special > > key" bindings work! This suggests that the bug has something to do > > with e16--even though it was only when I upgraded X (or one of X's > > keyboard modules) that the problem started. How can the keybinding > > process possibly differ if no theme is present versus if a theme is > > loaded?? > > > Timing? > Don't you get the "...mostly pointless..." screen where you have to > confirm? > Btw. as of 0.16.8.14 (IIRC) you can run "without" a theme using > option "-t -" (i.e. no need to trash the theme directories). Hmmmm.... actually, I have just discovered that it was not loading e16 with no theme that made the bindings work, but rather pressing F1 in the "mostly pointless" dialogue! If I used the mouse instead, the bindings wouldn't work--even with null theme! Further testing revealed that if I pressed random buttons on my keyboard while X/e16 was loading, the bindings would work! It does sound like something wrong with the "new X-server hotplug stuff" that you mention below--but specifically with e16, since the keys are properly mapped with their special layout symbols--they just aren't binded in e16--that is, only the special keys aren't binded... all the normal keys are. > > In other words, there's something about having no theme, or > > restarting e16, that makes things work--or something about > > initially loading a theme that breaks key bindings. I don't know > > enough about X or e16 keybinding internals to put all these pieces > > of the puzzle together. Hopefully someone else might? > > > Could it be something with keyboard mapping changing during startup, > maybe related to the new X-server hotplug stuff? > You could try adding a delay between starting the server and starting > e16, e.g. add "sleep 2" in some startup script. Sleeping doesn't help. (Although if I could somehow simulate a special keypress :/---but that is an ugly solution.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
