Bug 10808 - RightAlt not correctly set to ModeShift (set to Meta instead)
Summary: RightAlt not correctly set to ModeShift (set to Meta instead)
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: Xconfigurator
Version: 6.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Trond Eivind Glomsrxd
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-04-14 02:41 UTC by alfred hochwarder
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-08-08 18:44:22 UTC
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Description alfred hochwarder 2000-04-14 02:41:54 UTC 
In the standard XF86Config file, the following text appears:

    #To set the LeftAlt to Meta, RightAlt key to ModeShift,
    #RightCtl key to Compose, and ScrollLock key to ModeLock:

    LeftAlt        Meta
    RightAlt       Meta
   ScrollLock      Compose
   RightCtl        Control

Instead, I believe it should have
    RightAlt       ModeShift (as in the comment)

This causes problems with my Portuguese keyboard (cannot type @#'{[]} etc.)
Comment 1 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2000-07-12 15:22:53 UTC 
Are you sure? The above works with my Norwegian keyboard, which also uses the
right alt (altgr) to type those characters.
Comment 2 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2000-08-08 18:44:20 UTC 
Is this still a problem? Can you try running Xconfigurator and see if this is a
problem? It works with Norwegian and German keyboards right now, which also have
AltGr keys...
Comment 3 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2000-08-15 20:54:41 UTC 
Tested with German and Norwegian keyboard - this works for pinstripe+.
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