Hi David!
David Frey schrieb am Donnerstag, den 07. Februar 2002:
It's a long time ago, but this bug report is still open and we didn't
find a consensus in the past, when we discussed this issue...
> > > Package: xfig
> > > Version: 1:3.2.3.d-rel-3
> > > Severity: normal
> > >
> > > The backslash key prints a '<' character in the edit box of a text
> > > in the xfig version as shipped.
> >
> > I don't know a Swiss keyboard layout, so please tell me how you enter
> > a backslash usually.
>
> It is AltGr + <. The key with the backslash key has the following three
> symbols on it: < (normal), > (shift), and \ (AltGr+<).
> It seems that the AltGr event is not sent, but only in the edit box.
Could you please try out the current version, maybe something has
changed upstream in the meantime or your X11 configuration changed to
make this work now...
> > i don't have any problems on my German keyboard
> > layout and can enter special keys with AltGr (called ModeShift in X11)
> > like @~{[]}\²³|µ. I also can use the Compose key (my system is
> > configured to use the Menu key as Compose) so Compose-a e gives æ and
> > the like.
> >
> > This works when entering new text in xfig as well when editing text in
> > the Edit-Panel.
> >
> > So I cannot reproduce your problem here.
> Aha.
> > > Solution: Enable the line NO_COMPKEYDB in the Imakefile and recompile.
> >
> > I tried this out with the effect, that AltGr still works correct,
> > while Compose stops to have any effect.
> Interesting: Compose doesn't work in the "new text" mode, but works
> as expected in the edit panel.
Strange...
> > So I cannot enter complex
> > characters like æ any more, which doesn't sound like a good idea to
> > me.
> Yes.
So do you have an idea how to work on with this problem? Did you find
a solution for your swiss setup in the meantime?
> > So I don't think that enabling NO_COMPKEYDB is a good idea. All I
> > can offer is to move the CompKeyDB to /etc/X11 and make it a
> > conffile...
> This doesn't work (but thanks for the proposal).
> The compile time option selects which CompKeyDB to use, so to speak.
> (Either the one from xfig or the one from xkb, I assume)
But something seems to be different, because in a normal xterm I can
use AltGr as well as the compose key. In xfig with CompKeyDB it
behaves the same way as in an xterm but with NO_COMPKEYDB the compose
key does not work for me.
Any idea how to create a setup, which works with your keyboard and
with mine, too?
Tschoeeeee
Roland
