Bug 3778

Summary: "Right Alt is compose" keyboard options removes "Alt" modifier
Product: xkeyboard-config Reporter: Daniel Stone <daniel>
Component: docAssignee: xkb
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: high Keywords: movetoxkc
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86 (IA32)   
OS: Linux (All)   
Whiteboard:
i915 platform: i915 features:

Description FreeDesktop Bugzilla Database Corruption Fix User 2005-07-15 04:22:51 UTC
If the "Right Alt is Compose" keyboard option is enabled, the right "Alt" key
only works as compose key, not as Alt anymore. This is unneccessary, since the
two functions work flawlessly even when assigned to the same key.
To use a compose sequence, the compose key has to be pressed once, followed by
other keys, while the Alt key is typically used only in combinations where Alt
has to be pressed together with some other key.
On a keyboard without windows keys to assign the compose function to, it would
be really nice to have compose and not loose the right Alt key.

On my System, I added

  modifier_map Mod1   { Multi_key };

to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/en_US and it works as desired (not sure if
this is the right location, though)
Comment 1 Alan Coopersmith 2005-10-09 00:23:08 UTC
Original reporter e-mail and comments lost in bugzilla disk death.
xorg-team archives show:

           Summary: "Right Alt is compose" keyboard options removes "Alt"
                    modifier
           Product: xorg
           Version: 6.8.2
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: * Other
        AssignedTo: xorg-team at lists.x.org
        ReportedBy: dustpuppy0001 at yahoo.com


If the "Right Alt is Compose" keyboard option is enabled, the right "Alt" key
only works as compose key, not as Alt anymore. This is unneccessary, since the
two functions work flawlessly even when assigned to the same key.
To use a compose sequence, the compose key has to be pressed once, followed by
other keys, while the Alt key is typically used only in combinations where Alt
has to be pressed together with some other key.
On a keyboard without windows keys to assign the compose function to, it would
be really nice to have compose and not loose the right Alt key.

On my System, I added

  modifier_map Mod1   { Multi_key };

to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/en_US and it works as desired (not sure if
this is the right location, though)          
Comment 2 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2006-04-06 08:42:34 UTC
If you add this line to symbols/compose(ralt) - would it work for you?
Comment 3 Benjamin Close 2008-01-11 02:37:36 UTC
Bugzilla Upgrade Mass Bug Change

NEEDSINFO state was removed in Bugzilla 3.x, reopening any bugs previously listed as NEEDSINFO.

  - benjsc
    fd.o Wrangler
Comment 4 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2008-11-26 16:10:28 UTC
No reply. It seems the original author is lost.

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