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

[Jörg Schaible]

Jörg Schaible wrote:

> 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?
>
> ===================== %< ===============
> $ 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   ] };
> ===================== %< ===============
>
> Comparing the current standard with an older backup, explains this change.
> Who is responsible for that?

OK, it has been the update of xkeyboard-config from 2.6 to 2.7, change was 
caused due to this issue:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9752

Masking the version now. Thanks to Gentoo for this possibility!

- Jörg