From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65F761381F3 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:13:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E379521C075; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:13:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9DDB121C04B for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:12:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA15F33D966 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:12:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.367 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.367 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.366, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 4pvMeTQ8SFCt for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:12:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1218133D96D for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:12:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc3Lr-0006AX-94 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:12:07 +0100 Received: from hsi-kbw-095-208-058-089.hsi5.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de ([95.208.58.89]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:12:07 +0100 Received: from joerg.schaible by hsi-kbw-095-208-058-089.hsi5.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:12:07 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: =?UTF-8?B?SsO2cmc=?= Schaible Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: xserver update: tilde no longer dead key Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:11:44 +0100 Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: hsi-kbw-095-208-058-089.hsi5.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de User-Agent: KNode/4.8.5 X-Archives-Salt: e6f33030-fd6f-44fa-98c7-b2cd1b3c3e37 X-Archives-Hash: 97bc9425ec16e1a7c232c895865b8b84 Jörg Schaible wrote: > Jörg Schaible wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> it seems the latest xorg-server update also changed the German standard >> keyboard layout, since the tilde is no longer a dead key. I verified that >> the standard variant is still used, I have no ~/.Xkbmap or >> /etc/X11/Xkbmap or (Xmodmap or Xresources), so the standard must have >> changed. >> >> Where is this defined and how do I get back the "normal" behavior? >> >> If you're used to a tilde working as dead key, the original key sequence >> like produced for e.g. this annoying example: >> >> rm -rf ~ /tmp >> >> I wand my dead key back! >> Anyone? > > ===================== %< =============== > $ diff -u > /mnt/backup/floh/system/20121006/tree/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de > /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de --- > /mnt/backup/floh/system/20121006/tree/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de > 2012-06-23 16:25:07.000000000 +0200 > +++ /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/de 2012-11-17 16:22:16.070643609 > +0100 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ > key { [ e, E, EuroSign, EuroSign ] }; > key { [ z, Z, leftarrow, yen ] }; > key { [udiaeresis, Udiaeresis, dead_diaeresis, dead_abovering > ] > }; > - key { [ plus, asterisk, dead_tilde, dead_macron ] }; > + key { [ plus, asterisk, asciitilde, macron ] }; > > key { [ s, S, U017F, > U1E9E > ] }; > key { [ j, J, dead_belowdot, > dead_abovedot ] }; > ===================== %< =============== > > Comparing the current standard with an older backup, explains this change. > Who is responsible for that? OK, it has been the update of xkeyboard-config from 2.6 to 2.7, change was caused due to this issue: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9752 Masking the version now. Thanks to Gentoo for this possibility! - Jörg