From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30202 invoked by alias); 13 Jan 2004 15:16:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 30194 invoked from network); 13 Jan 2004 15:16:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO central.ixn.com) (65.19.132.2) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 13 Jan 2004 15:16:15 -0000 Received: from msu.edu ([207.179.68.222]) (authenticated bits=0) by central.ixn.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0DFGA9S058686 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:16:12 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <40040BBA.5050900@msu.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:16:00 -0000 From: Harold L Hunt II User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: xserv 4.3.0-29 Alt Gr Problem is gone References: <4F698AE6FB425D4A8879766D19E1F929055E1A@win2000.sup-logistik.de> <3FF18715.2020808@msu.edu> <3FFEA396.5090404@juntadeandalucia.es> <40039FC1.9020308@juntadeandalucia.es> In-Reply-To: <40039FC1.9020308@juntadeandalucia.es> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.1 required=5.5 tests=LINES_OF_YELLING, MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR autolearn=no version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) X-SW-Source: 2004-01/txt/msg00285.txt.bz2 List-Id: Hans, From a Cygwin bash shell, run 'set' and report the values of any of the following: XAPPLRESDIR XCMSDB XKEYSYMDB XNLSPATH Harold Hans Dekker wrote: > Sorry, setxkbmap doesn't work, not even in the xterm that is started by > cygwin itself using startxwin.bat. > > Defining keys with xmodmap by hand works and xmodmap -pk gives you than > the output with the third definition (= AltGr definition) of a key. > > What should I do with the cygwin X-window system to get it running well? > > Regards, H. > > Alexander Gottwald escribió: > >> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Hans Dekker wrote: >> >> >>> Sorry for being persistent, but I guess I have to revisit alt-Gr key >>> problem using a Spanish keyboard. >>> >>> Just tried xserv version 4.3.0-30 (I used the 4.3.0-21 before), and >>> starting X-windows in either a xfree bash shell as well as the CDE >>> environment xmodmap tells me that I have only 2 definitions per key >>> (normal key usage and Shift-key combination). So the Alt-Gr >>> definition is not defined for the keys. >> >> >> >> I've just tried >> >> $ setxkbmap es >> >> Pressing AltGr + '1' results in '|' >> >> but xmodmap -pke does not print the extra symbols. So this must be a >> bug in xmodmap. >> For your problem with spanish layout and CDE (which is most likely a >> quite old X11 installation) I'd pass you on to xfree86@xfree86.org. >> >> >>> Xf86Config and the es keyboard map have been modified to define AltGr >>> as Mode_Switch. I tried various startup parameters with the XWin >>> executable, but no success. I installed xserv 4.3.0-30 over version >>> 4.3.0-21 using the Cygwin setup program. It's running in Windows XP. >> >> >> >> bye >> ago > > > >