Fiorenzo, Don't tell me. Tell the Cygwin/XFree86 mailing list (I have cc'd the mailing list).
I have pretty much said that I am not going to be working on keyboard issues. I don't have the time, nor would I derive any benefit from keyboard code that works better with non-US keyboards or with AIX (because I don't use either). Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: Fiorenzo Zanotti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 12:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FW: problem with keyobord on AIX > > > hi harold, > > I use Xwin to access AIX using an Italian Keyboard. > > At logon time one can choose the preferred language. > Choosing Italian or Czech enable italian or czech keyboard extensions. > > I can give you some hints on what is happening on AIX. > > I've used "xev" to test the keyboard behaviour. > > It seems that XWin produce a wrong "state". > > State values reported by xev > > Key IBM XWin > ------ ----- ----- > Shift 0x1 0x1 > Lock 0x2 0x2 > Ctrl 0x4 0x4 > AltL 0x8 0x8 > AltGr 0x10 0x2000 > numLock 0x80 0x10 > > numlock on XWin produces the same state of ALTGR on IBM. > This explain why no characters appears when numLock is on. > > I use this workaround: > 1) numLock always off > 2) after login or in .dtprofile use : > "xmodmap -e 'keysym Mode_switch = Alt_R'" > > Hope this will help. > hi. > fiorenzo. >
