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

[Mick]

On Saturday 24 Nov 2012 00:11:44 Jörg Schaible wrote:
> 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!

I am using enlightenment-0.17.0_alpha5 and seem to have a problem with the 
keyboard layout too.

It keeps coming up with a US keyboard, when I have set gb in my xorg.conf.  
The strange thing is that with Fluxbox it works fine, so I can't blame xorg 
for it - I think.

I don't know if it is related to Jőrg's report above.  Anyone else came across 
this problem too?
-- 
Regards,
Mick