It sounds like your remote VMS utility is having problem with XKB's backwards compatibility. There is a fundemental difference between KDE's keyboard switch utility and the configuration you did. The configuration you did (which is the recommended way to go) loads two layouts one besides the other, and switches between them. This is the case for pre 4.3.0 XFree too (the only diffrerence is that there, you had to couple the English and Hebrew keyboards, and had no other choice). The option to do this is defined by an X extension called "XKB", which dates back to 1996 (IIRC).Under RH8 I had Hebrew working just fine on my machine. I was using KDE's keyboard layout. I just upgraded to RH9 (with KDE 3.1.2), and now it doesn't work.
I discovered from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kde-il/message/206 that the keyboard configuration under RH9 "seems completely broken".
So, I tried using the suggested Xkb workaround -
/usr/X11R6/bin/setxkbmap -compat "group_led" -symbols \
"us(pc101)+il+group(alt_shift_toggle)+group(switch)"
That worked fine (I can switch back and forth between Hebrew and English), except for the thing I need it for most:
I need to run an application on a remote (VMS) machine, displaying on my
machine, which needs Hebrew input. I am unable to get Hebrew input in
the window from the remote machine. To be completely clear: If I telnet to the remote machine, and then create another window
displayed on my machine, and then switch to Hebrew, I get Hebrew in
the telnet session, but no Hebrew in the remotely displayed window.
This was working fine under RH8, and in fact if I use KDE's broken
keyboard utility under RH9 I do get Hebrew in the remotely displayed
window (just can't get back to English, since it's broken).
Is there some setxkbmap option I need to know about ? Is there some logical explanation for what is going on ? Can anyone help me ?
TIA.
The KDE utility actually changes keymaps each and every time you change language. This requires no X extension at all. XKB is supposed to provide backwards compatibility to utilities that are not XKB aware, which is supposed to make them think that what is happening is what the KDE keyboard switch utility is doing. It sounds as if this does not work properly in your case.
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