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XFree86 4.3.0 and AltGr
- From: "Michael Lipp" <michael dot lipp at danet dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:50:39 +0100
- Subject: XFree86 4.3.0 and AltGr
- Organization: Danet GmbH
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: lipp at Danet dot de
Hi,
I downloaded cygwin yesterday and stumbled over the not-working AltGr. I
searched the archives (I emphasize this as it seems you get praised on
this list for doing so ;-) ) and got some news.
In my case, the problem shows up a bit differently. I have Windows2000
and no power toys or tweakUI installed (whatever those are). AltGr seems
to work in general, i.e. if I press AltGr and "+"-key twice, I get a "~"
(or AltGr-+ and space). So this is what you expect from a keyborad with
dead keys. XEmacs, however, considers AltGr a real key instead of a
modified, i.e. every time I press AltGr I get a message about an
undefined key.
As I want nodeadkeys, I changed XF86Config-4, including the variant
nodeadkeys. Nothing changed. So I intended to play around with some
options and in order to avoid restarting the server every time, I
assembled my "base" command: "xsetxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc105
-layout de -variant nodeadkeys". This is just what's written in my
XF86Config-4. To my suprise this was it. I.e. after executing this
command, everything works.
So obviously, xwin is not really configured as stated in XF86Config-4
after startup.
Regards,
Michael