Thanks for the quick response, and sorry for my incorrect terminology
("keybindings "...). ;)
Unfortunately, it seems that E17 does NOT use the system settings for keyboard
layout (is that the correct term?).
I have set the keyboard in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-keyboard-layout.conf like
so:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "keyboard-all"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" ""
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection
My understanding up to now is, that this should be a global (meaning system-
wide) setting, and that this would give the same keyboard layout in all
desktops and window managers. But E17 is different here. While it has the
German special characters (umlauts ä, ö, ä, ß), it seems to remap other keys.
Regarding the numberpad: My problem is NOT, that I can use the numberpad to
navigate or move the cursor; instead, my problem is that I cannot use the
cursor keys, because they are dead in E17, although they work just fine in KDE,
Xfce and Fluxbox.
But this is no showstopper, just a bit inconvenient. In contrast, the
following issues are quite annoying. The following occurs with the language
set to de_DE.UTF-8 using the language module.
AltGr + q would usually give @, but when I edit an email in KMail I just get
q. In the CLI, however, e. g. in Konsole, AltGr alone (not combined with any
other key) behaves like <ENTER>, and produces a linebreak.
So in e the German special characters are where they are supposed to be, and
so are the usual characters and numbers including "#? etc. But AltGr-combined
keys are not available in the way they should be. As all other environments I
tried have the right keys in the expected places, even without explicit
language settings, I suppose that something is wrong with my e installation.
BTW, I am using r59882 from http://slacke17.sourceforge.net/ on
Slackware64-13.37.
I'd appreciate some advice what to look for or how to track this down,
because, as I said, I am really impressed and like the look and feel of e so
much that I would like to evaluate it further as my day-to-day DE, and
eventually switch completely to it.
Thanks again,
f10race
Am Freitag 15 Juli 2011, 14:27:57 schrieben Sie:
> On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:51:27 +0200 Alex Baer <[email protected]> said:
>
> numberpad: a case of numlock. enable or disable it at your leisure. it's
> your preference. e doesnt force numlock on or off - it leaves it wherever
> it was.
>
> altgr+xxx: a keymap issue. e doesnt play with your keymap. it comes as it
> comes in x's configuration. see setxkbmap to change your keyboard map
> config or xorg.conf
>
> neither of these have anything to do with keybindings :)
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > first of all: I am totally new to E17, but after playing around with it
> > for two weeks, or so, I have to say, that I am positively impressed. I
> > really like it and decided that I want to use it.
> >
> > However, I am struggling with a couple of things. My major problem are
> > the key bindings. E. g., in all other DEs or WMs I use, I can use the
> > arrow keys (between regular and numeric keys, just below Pg. Up/Down etc
> > on standard desktop keyboards). Also, it seems that special characters,
> > such as @ and ~ are not available, by the usual combinations of AltGr
> > with Q and AltGr with + (on a German keyboard).
> >
> > While the dead arrow keys are just a bit annoying, the non-functional @
> > is a show-stopper, obviously, or a great time saver for you and me, if
> > you prefer ;), as it would totally prevent me from writing emails.
> >
> > Now, I think it would be possible to change the key bindings using the
> > settings tool. However, this wouldn't feel "right" to me. In fact, I
> > think, that I am overlooking something.
> >
> > Can you help?
> >
> > BTW, I did an extensive web search regarding this topic, and got many
> > hits, but no useful answer.
> >
> > Thanks for your patience with an E17 newbie!
> >
> > f10race
> >
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