On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Uwe Siems wrote: >If a program uses XRebindKeysym to map some keys to other characters, XLookupString >doesn't seem to honor the state of the >"mode_switch" key - AltGr on German keyboards - regardless of which key was mapped. >You get the character you would normally get without the "mode_switch" key. > >Repeat By: > >Insert this line in the xev program: > >XRebindKeysym (dpy, /*XK_KP_Insert*/ 0xFF9E, NULL, 0, "pipapo", 6); > >e.g. directly behind the XOpenDisplay in main. >Now try getting a character with AltGr in xev. Doesn't work, you get the wrong one. >Older X versions (3.3.6) work.
Some further information: I tried the same xev binary from a different (old 3.3.6) X server, and this time it worked. But the "state" field of the key event was 0x20, instead of 0x2000 for the non-working X server. Maybe this is part of the problem? Greetings Uwe Siems _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
