Hi list!
This is not the first post on this topic, but I haven't seen any
solution about it.
I tested so far linux guest on windows host and the AltGr key is dead in
the guest. (using git master branch)
On french keyboard, the keys to yield the bar "|" are alt-gr + 6.
when executing this combination on keyboard, Windows generates this:
- L-CTRL
- R-ALT
- 6
in Qemu (only digged gtk UI so far), pressing alt-gr + 6 generates the
following trace
- L-CTRL
- L-ALT <-- note left here
- 6
This comes from the Win32 call MapVirtualKey in gtk.c that maps to
scancodes without left/right distinction.
Even when sending the right alt to the guest, the alt-gr key remains
dead because of ctrl being virtually pressed. I found out however that
if R-ALT + 6 is sent without the ctrl key, the guest finally recognize
it and prints the bar, @, # and other [}{].
To make things easier, Windows delivers the ctrl code before the alt
code, so catching it cleanly before delivery to the guest is probably tough.
I could however come to an easy and quick fix with sending the "ctrl up"
signal to the guest before the "r-alt down" is sent.
My current code do not handle all corner cases (eg: turbo mode) and only
fixes the gtk ui, but would such fix be accepted in the repo?
Would this break somehow the windows guest on windows host?
Thanks,
Rémi
