On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 02:37:56PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:26:07AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:16:08AM -0400, Paul Fox wrote:
> > > chris wrote:
> > > > I don't use xvile all that much, I use vile in a terminal window most
> > > > of the time, however I do sometimes find I need to use xvile.
> > > >
> > > > I've just found that the > character doesn't work in xvile. This
> > > > seems to be the same on both version 9.8v and 9.8y running on two
> > > > different xubuntu systems.
> > > >
> > > > The > character works fine everwhere else, in vile, in the terminal
> > > > window, in browser windows, etc.
> > > >
> > > > I've tried changing font selection but that didn't help.
> > > >
> > > > I *can* enter a > by typing x3e.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas how to diagnose this?
> > >
> > > Perhaps not much help, but: works for me, 9.8v on Ubuntu.
> >
> > same here.
> >
> > I'd suspect locale-related problems (e.g., the keyboard configuration).
> > Some environments tend to switch my keyboard settings to UK - perhaps
> > you have the complementary problem of switching to US?
>
> Yes, it really has to be something in my environment as otherwise I'm
> sure other people would be reporting the same problem. I've tried
> changing user and that hasn't helped though.
>
Well I have found what causes the problem but I don't understand why
or how to fix it.
I have a .Xmodmap file as follows:-
! pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
!
!
! Set 'Windows' key to Multi_key, for accented characters etc.
!
keycode 133 = Multi_key
!
!
! Set AltGr to be Mode_switch key
!
keycode 108 = Mode_switch Mode_switch
!
!
! Add a few special characters using the Mode_switch key (which is
'Alt Gr')
!
keysym period = period rightcaret U25B6 NoSymbol
keysym slash = slash question U2714 U2714
keysym 3 = 3 U00A3 U20AC U20AC
!
!
! Prevent shifted space from giving nobreakspace, but leave with
Mode_switch key
!
keycode 65 = space space nobreakspace nobreakspace
!
!
! Stop CapsLock from doing CapsLock (xbindkeys makes it paste)
!
clear lock
keycode 66 = NoSymbol NoSymbol NoSymbol NoSymbol
If I comment out the line:-
keysym period = period rightcaret U25B6 NoSymbol
then the > key works again in xvile. However I really don't see why
the above line breaks xvile, no other programs (or none I can find
anyway) are affected in the same way. The U25B6 character works in
xvile as does 'period' (I'd really miss that one!).
The 'keysym slash = slash question U2714 U2714' works as expected in
xvile so it's not a general problem with using keysym.
I don't actually use the added ▶ character much so I won't really miss
that line all that much. It's still rather puzzling though!
--
Chris Green
