[gentoo-user] Re: xserver update: tilde no longer dead key

[Jörg Schaible]

Jörg Schaible wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> it seems the latest xorg-server update also changed the German standard
> keyboard layout, since the tilde is no longer a dead key. I verified that
> the standard variant is still used, I have no ~/.Xkbmap or /etc/X11/Xkbmap
> or (Xmodmap or Xresources), so the standard must have changed.
>
> Where is this defined and how do I get back the "normal" behavior?
>
> If you're used to a tilde working as dead key, the original key sequence
> like produced for e.g. this annoying example:
>
> rm -rf ~ /tmp
>
> I wand my dead key back!
> Anyone?

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$ diff -u /mnt/backup/floh/system/20121006/tree/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de 
/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de
--- /mnt/backup/floh/system/20121006/tree/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de  
2012-06-23 16:25:07.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de       2012-11-17 16:22:16.070643609 +0100
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     key <AD03> { [         e,          E,     EuroSign,     EuroSign ] };
     key <AD06> { [         z,          Z,    leftarrow,          yen ] };
     key <AD11> { [udiaeresis, Udiaeresis, dead_diaeresis, dead_abovering ] 
};
-    key <AD12> { [      plus,   asterisk,   dead_tilde,  dead_macron ] };
+    key <AD12> { [      plus,   asterisk,   asciitilde,  macron ]      };
                                                                                                                       
     key <AC02>  { [         s,          S,                U017F,     U1E9E    
] };                                    
     key <AC07>  { [         j,          J,        dead_belowdot, 
dead_abovedot   ] };
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Comparing the current standard with an older backup, explains this change. 
Who is responsible for that?

- Jörg