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I'm running the latest (as of 20:00EST 30Sep07) Gutsy build on an IBM
Thinkpad T40.
I use a software-mapped Dvorak keyboard, and switch to QWERTY when I
want to play nethack, which is where I first noticed this bug. It seems
to effect all terminal applications, and may effect others as well. In
short, software-mapping to Dvorak, and then switching back to Qwerty,
doesn't fully remap the keyboard, and while I haven't exhaustively
examined every key combination to see what doesn't get remapped, the
ones I've found are pretty annoying.
Reproduction:
Create a new, clean user. Go to System/Preferences/Keyboard.
Layouts tab.
Keyboard model: Generic 101-key PC (not sure if this is important)
Press Add
Layout: U.S. English
Variant: Dvorak
Press Add
Now drag "U.S. English Dvorak" above "U.S. English" in the keyboard layout
list. It's the new default.
Press Close.
Now, add the Keyboard Indicator to one of your panels.
Log out. Log in.
The keyboard indicator should say "USA", and if you open a terminal and
strike left-to-right along the home row with your left hand, you should
read "aoeu". Hit ^a^k to kill this line.
Click on the keyboard indicator. It now says "USA2". When you type
along the home row again, you should see the familiar "asdf".
Here's where you should see breakage:
Hit ^A. The cursor will jump under the 'a'. Hit ^e. Where it should jump to
the end of the line, you'll probably see it insert a dot, or some other
nonsense. Hit ^d, and you'll see the cursor jump to the end of the line.
So clearly, everything's getting swapped in the remap back to Qwerty
except ^D and ^E, which are still in their Dvorak positions.
I don't know whse fault this is.
** Affects: gnome-applets (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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(Gutsy?) Gnome keyboard layout switcher (Querty->Dvorak->Qwerty) not fully
reversible (fails on ^D, ^E)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147495
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