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bug #4212: Problem with "Alt-Gr" modifier key on non-US keyboards

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Submitted on:  Sun 06 Jul 2003 09:25:33 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: NoneStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: Alexander Malmberg <alexm>
Open/Closed: Closed

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Sun 10 Aug 2003 08:31:47 PM UTC, comment #2:

I've modified Terminal so that the command-as-meta option also makes alternate not act as meta (ie. with command-as-meta on, command is the only meta key). Thus, this option should fix (well, sortof) all issues encountered when using the broken default key settings. Menu key equivalents won't work when it's on but, well, if you have three functions and two keys, one function has to go. :)

(hoping that nobody wants to use command and alternate as meta, as that means there'll need to be yet another option...)

Alexander Malmberg <alexm>
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Thu 10 Jul 2003 01:20:14 PM UTC, comment #1:

This is a GNUstep configuration issue. If the AltGr key isn't alternate, it shouldn't be reported as alternate. You probably want to adjust the GSFirstAlternateKey and GSSecondAlternateKey defaults (described in the -back documentation; iirc, Preferences can be used to change them). Unfortunately, the default values aren't good, especially not when you use AltGr as "mode switch".

I guess situations where you want don't want to treat alternate as meta overlap with the situations where you want to treat command as meta. I could change the behavior so that enabling that option causes alternate to be ignored here. However, this would cause right alt to stop working as meta when using this option, which might not be always be desirable. Comments? How common is it to use GNUstep without fixing these keys? (Eg. moving command to a windows-key and alternate to both alts if you have a windows-ish keyboard.)

Alexander Malmberg <alexm>
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