On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 04:42:03PM +0200, Thomas Wolff wrote: > Am 07.06.2020 um 15:07 schrieb Enrico Forestieri: > > On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 02:55:25PM +0200, Thomas Wolff wrote: > > > Am 07.06.2020 um 13:50 schrieb Enrico Forestieri: > > > > According to > > > > https://github.com/mintty/mintty/wiki/Keycodes#altgr > > > > when the keyboard layout does not have a keycode for an AltGr > > > > combination, the AltGr key is treated as Alt instead. > > > There were some recent tweaks to ensure consistent handling of AltGr and > > > right-Alt and I was not aware of that section in the wiki (it was there > > > before my time...). > > > However, I do not reproduce your particular issue: > > > > > > > I have the following entry in ~/.inputrc > > > > > > > > "\e'": "`" # Alt+' -> ` > > > > > > > > and, as AltGr+' is not a valid combination in my keyboard layout, > > > > until mintty 3.1.6 by pressing it I was obtaining the wanted backtick > > > > character. > > > > However, since mintty 3.1.7, this key combination now produces nothing. > > > Works for me when switching to US keyboard layout. Which layout do you > > > use? > > I am using the IT keyboard layout. > The Italian keyboard layout does have an AltGr key: > AltGr+ò → @ > AltGr+à → # > AltGr+è → [ > AltGr++ → ] > AltGr+é → { > AltGr+* → } > AltGr+' → unmapped by keyboard layout > > So the current behaviour is consistent with both the recent changes and the > Italian layout.
I am currently using the following mappings through ~/.inputrc Alt+' → ` Alt+ì → ~ that mimic the same mapping as on linux (Shift+ì produces ^ by default). > However, if people desire, I can add an option to restore the old AltGr/Alt > fallback. Yes, please, if that's possible. After years of using those key combinations I always find myself especially using AltGr+ì for obtainig ~ and discover that it failed only after pressing the enter key... -- Enrico -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
