On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:54:07 +0100, Dennis Nezic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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). > 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. /Kim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
