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Bug 304930 - Cannot enter character w/ AltGr key on OS X 10.4 w/ German keyboard
Cannot enter character w/ AltGr key on OS X 10.4 w/ German keyboard
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Backend: X11
2.6.x
Other Mac OS
: Normal major
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-05-20 22:54 UTC by John Ehresman
Modified: 2005-05-24 22:57 UTC
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Description John Ehresman 2005-05-20 22:54:30 UTC 
Distribution/Version: 10.4

Using a German keyboard on a OS X 10.4 system, Apple's X11 server, & gtk 2.6.7,
I can't enter {, }, or any other character requiring the AltGr key to the right
of the spacebar.  These keys do work in the Apple supplied xterm and xev
applications.  This is undoubtedly 10.4 specific issue, these keys do work with
10.3.  I have a report of someone with an Italian keyboard with the same issue,
so it might be any non-US keyboard.

[Note: I don't know German but do have access to a German keyboard]
Comment 1 John Ehresman 2005-05-24 22:42:13 UTC 
The issue is that Mode_Switch is mapped to mod1 and this is ignored per the
comment on line 374 of gdkkeys-x11.c if the XKEYBOARD extension is disabled,
which is the default.  Enabling the XKEYBOARD extension fixes the issue, at
least in gtk-demo.  Unfortunately, there's no easy way that I can see of
enabling the XKEYBOARD extension through the X11 app.  A workaround is probably
to map the Apple option key to mod2 or mod3 like it was in 10.3's X11.
Comment 2 Owen Taylor 2005-05-24 22:57:13 UTC 
Apple's configuration issue, not our issue.