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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