From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Dead circumflex? Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:46:03 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87ab2id0dl.fsf@merciadriluca-station.MERCIADRILUCA> <98ecfecc-d080-40fe-b1d1-ebcf67da6595@j21g2000yqe.googlegroups.com> <87k51m6lr8.fsf@student.ulg.ac.be> <87tz0pudn6.fsf@student.ulg.ac.be> <87ljm18hmo.fsf@student.ulg.ac.be> <2bd80586-92f2-4bfe-8b9e-4bb4203ead27@v20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249447270 11980 80.91.229.12 (5 Aug 2009 04:41:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 04:41:10 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 05 06:41:03 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MYYJC-0001Xn-Ve for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:41:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33850 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MYYJC-0000nb-D1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:41:02 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!backlog2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:45:29 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: <2bd80586-92f2-4bfe-8b9e-4bb4203ead27@v20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> Original-Lines: 86 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.73.129.107 Original-X-Trace: sv3-ZvFkFwYi7P90yM/DjPkwcHHmKunpDAHTGSlqomIPpdeBh/+NIJtELipi4SZwGw6MR3VpeDgCpxsiTBl!ASyqt1TJk1NmB3o4ygMPQ0+EY21OOt7SLTFGGYpj33MZPto64vE0BUh6e7nct9PPhMi4lasMni1o!su+RPEanVDekYXFCIW5dRx+Mi/wrvik= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 X-Original-Bytes: 4911 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:171581 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:66762 Archived-At: Merciadri Luca wrote: > On 3 août, 09:46, Merciadri Luca > wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> "B. T. Raven" writes: >> >>> Hmm. Maybe scim modified something. Is there anything in your .emacs >>> that looks suspicious. >> Not really. >>> Have you discovered why C-x Ret C-\ does not >>> work? >> No. >>> Is this on Linux? >> Yes, both Debian and Ubuntu.> Is there an Xmodmap keyboard config around >>> anywhere? >> No. >>> If you chose latin-1-postfix, what does e^ produce other >>> than the non existent deadkey warning. >> I cannot choose latin1-postfix. Note that I have two computers: >> - - On the laptop, running Ubuntu, the circumflex is well placed under >> all the other applications. The only app where it does not work is >> Emacs. >> - - On the other, running Debian, the circumflex is always put near the >> letter, but never at its top, as I want it to be. >> >> On both computers, Emacs treats it as being >> undefined. >> >>> I assume that the caret key on >>> keyboard matches where it should be on the Fr layout. If you can get >>> anything in by hook or crook, does C-x = show something like this, >>> mutatis mutandis: >>> Char: ê (2282, #o4352, #x8ea, file ...) point=2 of 5152 (0%) column=0 >>> Char: ^ (94, #o136, #x5e) point=2 of 5154 (0%) column=0 >> It shows info for all the characters, but as I cannot type the >> circumflex in Emacs, I can't figure out which message it could display >> for it. >> >> >> >>> This is on ver 22.3 >>> If I install a Fr keyboard on w32 (2000) and with input method >>> latin-1-postfix, because of the French keyboard, input works >>> backwards, i.e press caret (to right of p) and then e, produces >>> circumflex e but it is still reported as: >>> Char: ê (2282, #o4352, #x8ea, file ...) >> Lucky you. Ok. >> >> >> >>> Same behavior with dieresis or umlaut: dead key invisible until next >>> key pressed. In fact I can find no backslash on the French keyboard at >>> all. >> I have the same problem with dieresis or umlaut. It then shows, >> e.g. for dieresis: not defined. >> >> >> >>> Another possibility is to set the keyboard to English via the OS and >>> then chose one of the French input methods via Mule. That way you >>> would at least have a backslash. Most if not all vowels with >>> diacritics are on the number keys. >> I tried it. The situation keeps being the same. Note that, as I said >> above, I can type a backlash, and other strange characters, but >> dieresis and circumflex accent do not work. >> >> - -- >> Merciadri Luca >> Seehttp://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ >> I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail >> client, please contact me. >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkp2lb8ACgkQM0LLzLt8MhzTswCgpspY3cmIum+Ncac4mK3vctrH >> VrQAoJg9cEv6lKXoyBXwtggPqD5VsYmz >> =C/Bd >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Any idea? Force the OS to remap the scancodes from the keyboard using Xmodmap on Linux or Keytweak on MS (ver 2000 or later).