compose key on SUN keyboard does not work anymore

compose key on SUN keyboard does not work anymore

[Klaus Zeitler]

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In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8, Motif Version 2.1.0)
 of 2003-04-07 on sfsws4
configured using `configure  --with-gcc --prefix=/vol/freeware/SunOS-5.8/emacs/21.3 --sharedstatedir=/vol/freeware/SunOS-5.8/emacs/21.3/share --with-x-toolkit=motif --x-includes=/usr/openwin/include:/usr/local/gnu/include --x-libraries=/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/local/gnu/lib --with-pop'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: C
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

When I press the "compose" key on my SUN keyboard, emacs 21.3 beeps.
C-h k returns: <space> is undefined, i.e. emacs thinks this key is
defined as <space>.

xmodmap/xkeycaps tell me about this key:
KeyCode: Compose 0x4A 74 0112
KeySym: Multi_key

This key works fine in emacs 21.2, i.e. emacs allows me to use the key
to enter 2-key combinations like e.g. "a" followed by an apostrophe.

Recent input:
C-h k <space> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> 
<report-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:
(./emacs -q --no-site-file)
Loading disp-table...done
Loading tool-bar...done
Loading image...done
Loading tooltip...done
For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p.
<space> is undefined
Loading emacsbug...done

Re: compose key on SUN keyboard does not work anymore

[Richard Stallman]

Can you determine which change made it stop working?

Re: compose key on SUN keyboard does not work anymore

[David Kastrup]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> Can you determine which change made it stop working?

I remember having once had this problem previously.  If I remember
correctly, the Compose key _did_ work, but only if the mouse pointer
was within the main text window.  If the mouse pointer was somewhere
in the menu bar, or the scroll bars, or outside of the main window,
even when the keyboard focus definitely still was with Emacs, the
compose key stopped working.  I reported this at the time, but no
conclusion could be found (I believe RMS said that he could
corroborate the problem, but not find the cause).  IIRC, this version
at the time was compiled with Motif, but I am not completely sure.

Klaus, would the Compose key work if you moved the mouse pointer over
the main window?

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum