On 17/05/2023 16:56, al3xu5 via Dng wrote:
> Wed, 17 May 2023 11:16:57 -0400 - Haines Brown<haines@???>:
>
>> I used to have an IBM M-5 keyboard and used the Alt_R key as the
>> compose key. When I switched to a Dell Quiet Key keyboard compose
>> ceased to work.
>>
>> I find that
>>
>> $ nano /etc/default/keyboard
>> XKBMODEL="pc105"
>> XKBLAYOUT="us"
>> XKBVARIANT=""
>> XKBOPTIONS="compose:ralt"
>> BACKSPACE="guess"
>>
>> I copied the currrent keyboard map to my home direcory:
>>
>> $ xmodmap -pke > ~/.Xmodmap
>>
>> When I go to edit it to define a compose key, they map lacks the
>> key I need:
>>
>> $ xmodmap -pke | grep Alt
>> keycode 64 = Alt_L Meta_L Alt_L Meta_L
>>
>> but no Alt_R or ralt. I could use right Windows but do not see it
>> in the map either.
>>
> On my keyboard Alt_R is working and I have:
>
> $ cat /etc/default/keyboard
> XKBMODEL="pc105"
> XKBLAYOUT="it"
> XKBVARIANT=""
> XKBOPTIONS=""
> BACKSPACE="guess"
>
> (almost sure a restart of Xserver should be required to effect changes in
> /etc/default/keyboard)
>
> and:
>
> $ xmodmap -pk | grep Alt
> 64 0xffe9 (Alt_L) 0xffe7 (Meta_L) 0xffe9
> (Alt_L) 0xffe7 (Meta_L) 204 0x0000 (NoSymbol)
> 0xffe9 (Alt_L) 0x0000 (NoSymbol) 0xffe9 (Alt_L)
>
> so... no Alt_R nor ralt...
>
> ...but I have Mode_switch which should be synonymous with AltGr:
>
> $ xmodmap -pke | grep Mode_switch
> keycode 203 = Mode_switch NoSymbol Mode_switch
>
> So maybe you need to use Mode_switch...
>
> Regards
> al3xu5
>
>
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Does your Dell keyboard actually have an Alt key on the right of space?
If so try running xev. This pops up a window, move the mouse over it and
press the right Alt key and see what it reports.
Bill
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