Bug 7674

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=134203

Is claimed to fix it.

NACK.  this stomps RALT level1 regardless of whether it's Alt_R or
ISO_Level3_Shift.  there was a better fix for this, which is in
xkeyboard-config, that has a different compose if you're using ralt as l3.

I'd tend to agree with Daniel and close this one. Feel free to reopen if you
think current code is not good enough.

"I'd tend to agree with Daniel and close this one. Feel free to reopen if you
think current code is not good enough."

Re-opened.

This is a regression from X.org 6.8 or so and earlier (back into the mists of
time when Xkb first appeared). Please restore the older correct default
behavioiur (eg Fedora Core up to FC4) so that the UK keyboard is by default
actually usable in the UK and works in the manner that people (particularly
non-English users) expect and have documented.

I've no idea who decided to break the UK keyboard this way but please revert
their changeset.

Alan, the funny thing that level3(ralt_switch) has not been changed for a long
time. Well, anyway, I understand that it is not the only component in the system. 
There is more important question. You want "shift+ralt" work as Compose, don't
you? But what about 4th shift level, which is also available using "shift+ralt"?
In symbols/gb, I see:

    key <AE02>  { [         2,   quotedbl,  twosuperior,    oneeighth ] };
    key <AE03>  { [         3,   sterling, threesuperior,    sterling ] };
    key <AE04>  { [         4,     dollar,     EuroSign,   onequarter ] };

    key <AC11>  { [apostrophe,         at, dead_circumflex, dead_caron] };
    key <TLDE>  { [     grave,    notsign,          bar,          bar ] };

    key <BKSL>  { [numbersign, asciitilde,   dead_grave,   dead_breve ] };
    key <LSGT>  { [ backslash,        bar,          bar,    brokenbar ] };

So if we set ralt+shift as Compose, the 4th shift level (oneeighth, sterlin, ..
brokenbar) would be inaccessible.

What is the correct expected behavior?

As I understand it shift-rightalt [remove paws from keyboard] char1 char2  is
not the same as
shift-rightalt-key.

The version in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=193922
appears to get us back to where it was prior to Fedora Core 5/Xorg changes and
it is now possible to type all the additional characters needed for UK work.

Created attachment 6807 [details] [review]
Add lv3:ralt_switch_multikey

Here is a patch to add an lv3:ralt_switch_multikey option.
IIRC this option did exist at some point in the past but
has been dropped.

I am quite happy with this XkbOption. Alan, would it be ok for you just to have
this option - or would you insist on inserting it into UK layout by default?

Anyway, the option is added.

With a Red Hat on, if it isn't in by default it's a regression from RHEL4. It's
also documented so losing it breaks all the docs.

OK, committed. Seems to be working ok. Should I also change gb(intl)?

Unknown - I don't know what the old behaviour of gb(intl) was.

Ok, for a moment I'll close this one. If people complain, I update gb(intl) as well.

(In reply to comment #12)
> Unknown - I don't know what the old behaviour of gb(intl) was.
>