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Author: tempforever
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To: dng
New-Topics: [DNG] Other language characters (was Re: compose key with Dell keyboard) - - OT??
Subject: Re: [DNG] compose key with Dell keyboard

>>>>    $ nano /etc/default/keyboard
>>>>      XKBMODEL="pc105"
>>>>      XKBLAYOUT="us"
>>>>      XKBVARIANT=""
>>>>      XKBOPTIONS="compose:ralt"
>>>>      BACKSPACE="guess"

>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    $ 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.

>>>>
>>>> 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...
>>>>
>>>>

That seems to be consistent with what I find on my keyboard also.

/etc/default/keyboard:
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS=""
BACKSPACE="guess"

$ xmodmap -pke | grep Alt
keycode  64 = Alt_L Meta_L Alt_L Meta_L Alt_L Meta_L
keycode 108 = Alt_R Meta_R ISO_Level3_Shift NoSymbol ISO_Level3_Shift
keycode 204 = NoSymbol Alt_L NoSymbol Alt_L NoSymbol Alt_L