Alt Gr key troubles in FreeBSD
Erik Norgaard
norgaard at locolomo.org
Mon Jul 17 09:08:50 UTC 2006
nocturnal wrote:
> I tried all the things you mentioned and i discovered that the problem
> can easily be reproduced in any application. It's simply a matter of me
> not letting go of the shift key fast enough. I reproduce it by typing
> any number of characters in caps with the shift key down and then
> directly switching to pressing the alt gr key and hitting the 8
> character for example in order to produce the [ character on Swedish
> keyboards. This is when the output becomes silent and nothing happens.
I don't think this is a bug, but rather a feature:
Some characters become available with the combination of Alt-Gr+shift,
for example if you don't have a spanish keyboard, you can produce a '¿'
with Alt-Gr+'?' but to get the '?' you may have to use shift as well.
Same ting with '¡' and you will find that Alt-Gr+a produces a 'ª' while
Alt-Gr+shift+a produces a 'º' ... IIRC.
That output becomes "silent" is simply a result of no character being
located at the Alt-Gr+shift position on that key.
The only characters (I know) I haven't figured out how to type on my
danish keyboard are ç (French, Portuguese ...) and · (Catalan).
So if someone complains, then just say that it's because they have the
Babelfish keyboard layout :)
Anyway, I think that this behaviour may date back to old style keyboards
where the Alt-Gr was a "compose character" and to avoid you having to
press the fourth key with your nose, you could let go of the others.
Cheers, Erik
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