Torsten Bronger wrote : > Hallöchen! > > xerces8 writes: > > > Does this problem happens with all X apps or just the one ? > > With xterm and Emacs. I didn't test other ones. The xmodmap > command solves the problem for both apps, so I assume that it is a > global X setting. > > > What does the X server say about it (startup or log messages) ? > > What do you mean, the keyboard layout? I don't know where to look > this up, but German umlauts work as expected.
When you start XWin.exe, it print something like this, among other things : (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "00000407" (00000407) (--) Using preset keyboard for "German (Germany)" (407), type "4" Rules = "xorg" Model = "pc105" Layout = "de" Variant = "(null)" Options = "(null)" expected keysym, got dead_diaresis: line 143 of pc/de Try to add this to the XWin.exe command line : -xkbvariant nodeadkeys Regards, David -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
