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Wed, 17 May 2023 17:40:56 +0100 - Bill Purvis <bill@???>:

> 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
>


When pressing AltGr on my (not Dell) keyboard, xev returns:

~~~
KeyRelease event, serial 48, synthetic NO, window 0x2800001,
    root 0x528, subw 0x2800002, time 37381333, (41,47), root:(792,492),
    state 0x90, keycode 108 (keysym 0xfe03, ISO_Level3_Shift), same_screen
YES, XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 92
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False
~~~


So... ISO_Level3_Shift also seems to be synonymous with AltGr...

Regards
al3xu5

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