Package: xkb-data
Version: 0.9-4
Severity: normal
Hello,
after ugrading to etch I have refound #241127 (now in xkb-data instead
of XFree86). With this setup:
Section InputDevice
Identifier Generic Keyboard
Driver kbd
Option CoreKeyboard
Option XkbRules xorg
Option XkbModel pc105
Option XkbLayout de
Option XkbVariantnodeadkeys
Option XkbOptionscompose:menu
EndSection
The key AE12 (between scharfes s and backspace on a german
keyboard) produces a acute accent over space instead of
apostrophe/singlequote. Please fix this to produce an apostrophe.
Patch is simple afaiui:
--- /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de.bak 2006-10-20 22:26:15.0 +0200
+++ /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de 2007-07-09 10:07:28.0 +0200
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
name[Group1]=Germany - Eliminate dead keys;
key TLDE { [asciicircum,degree, notsign, notsign ] };
-key AE12 { [ acute, grave, cedilla, cedilla ] };
+key AE12 { [apostrophe, grave, cedilla, cedilla ] };
key AD11 { [udiaeresis, Udiaeresis,diaeresis,diaeresis ] };
key AD12 { [ plus, asterisk, asciitilde, macron ] };
key AC10 { [odiaeresis, Odiaeresis, doubleacute, doubleacute ] };
A single acute has no use, it is afaik always the wrong
character both in German and English language. Most people confuse it
with the apostroph and will accidentally type stuff like can´t instead
of can't. Apostrophe otoh is a frequently used character, especially
as single-quote.
This is also inconsistent with linux-console (de-latin1-nodeadkeys.kmap.gz)
thanks, cu andreas
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