From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: wish: right alt/meta to switch keyboard layout while pressed Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:56:44 -0500 Message-ID: <87iruhahvv.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <200511222150.54248.pogonyshev@gmx.net> <87zmnu9ddg.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200511242145.11221.pogonyshev@gmx.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1132865891 9807 80.91.229.2 (24 Nov 2005 20:58:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:58:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 24 21:58:08 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EfO9T-0004DD-B7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:57:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EfO9S-00036k-Oe for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:57:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EfO9B-000328-VB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:56:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EfO99-0002v0-1M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:56:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EfO98-0002uL-Og for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:56:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.74] (helo=tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EfO98-0007qn-Sv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:56:47 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor ([67.71.33.38]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20051124205645.WZFG26550.tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:56:45 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 392F4D7357; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:56:45 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Paul Pogonyshev In-Reply-To: <200511242145.11221.pogonyshev@gmx.net> (Paul Pogonyshev's message of "Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:45:11 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Originating-IP: [0] X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:46539 Archived-At: > Emacs has no way of handling it correctly out-of-the-box, since it uses > internal input methods, which are a completely separate from `xkb'. You mean you use Emacs's internal input methods. I occasionally use them as well, but I mostly use XIM input methods and they work just fine with Emacs. >> Can you check with `xev' to see what events your right Alt key generates? > It shows up as `Super_R', while the left Alt is `Alt_L'. So maybe the physical key is located on the right side of the space bar and it has a little bit of text on it that says "alt", so *you* think of it as a "right alt key". But as far as X clients are concerned this is not a "right alt key". Stefan > Paul