From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: Problems with customized german keyboard Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:27:59 +0100 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1077287880 14199 80.91.224.253 (20 Feb 2004 14:38:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:38:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 20 15:37:43 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AuBmg-0004Ue-02 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:37:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AuBe6-0006ry-AT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:28:50 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1AuBe2-0006rg-Rv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:28:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1AuBdS-0006iS-4Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:28:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.135.220.2] (helo=Cantor.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1AuBdN-0006hI-2q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:28:05 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.suse.de (Hermes.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23A4920EEDA; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:28:01 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by sykes.suse.de (Postfix, from userid 597) id A6EF21690AE1A; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:27:59 +0100 (CET) Original-To: munk@hmi.de X-Yow: If this was a SWEDISH MOVIE, I'd take off your GO-GO BOOTS!! In-Reply-To: (Tobias Munk's message of "Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:36:24 +0100 (MET)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:7032 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:7032 Tobias Munk writes: > Origin of my problem: > I want to use the left windows key as an alternative Alt-Gr key, > because is's more comfortable on a german keyboard. > > Possible with: > xmodmap -e "keycode 115 = ISO_Level3_Shift Multi_key" I think you also need to fix up the modifier maps, since this key is now a different modifier. > Problem: > This works with all programs, exept emacs/xemacs > > Procedure to reproduce it (with a german keyboard): > 1) typing for example windows_left-"9" BEFORE invoking xmodmap gives > you the error message "S-9 not defined" in the minibuffer. > > 2) Use xmodmap as described above. > > 3) Typing windows_left-"9" or Alt-Gr-"9" on a xterm or any editor > exept emacs/xemacs gives you now correctly "]". On emacs/xemacs you > get for BOTH the error message "S-9 not defined", so there is no > possibility any more to get square brackets or any of the other third > key values on a german keyboard. Did you restart emacs after doing the xmodmap? Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux AG, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."