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omega

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X/Qt and capitals
« on: July 08, 2004, 10:20:05 am »
When i go to type /something in x/qt it comes up as caps and i have to go fn tab to get it to go back to small letters and this happens every time i type /

just found in vnc that also i can only type capitals in xmms?

also xmms takes ages to start a file playing for some reason, and i can't see any fonts on the menus in xmms... what am i missing?
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« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2004, 10:22:52 am »
Okay, fixed the delay in xmms... it couldn't find libid3.so.0 so i got it from that great resource - the pdaxrom sd tarball and linked it...
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« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2004, 11:39:29 am »
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When i go to type /something in x/qt it comes up as caps and i have to go fn tab to get it to go back to small letters and this happens every time i type /
I had the same problem and you will continue to have the same problem with some applications.

The solution was to remove the ,/ swap in keyhelper.  It was not needed since cacko already did it.

If you run xev you will see that a / sends a shift first.  With keyhelpers ,/ swap it did not released the shift key, leaving CAPS on.

Dumping the keyhelper swap appears to fix some local clients, but does not address forwarding remote clients to the Z display or running my vncviewer for xqt.  They both have problems with /,? and with the way keyhelper maps ctrl and alt.  I have not finished my research but it appears that some clients just take the character sent, while others use the events (e.g. shift down, 5 down, 5 up, shift up = %).

I am writing this from memory, but I posted info on this problem before.

My long term goal is to rebuild xqt-server .9--moving the mouse button 2 and 3 from Fn/Add to Add/Mail, having the Calendar key be mode_switch and then adding an Xmodmap to address the lacking function keys and ,/? oddities.

I just do not have the time right now.

I am very curious if others are having the same problems, Xqt issues have been somewhat irregular and I am having a difficult time determining if we all have the same issues.

Having others mapped with Xmodmap fixed ./? keys, what about function keys?  Have you noticed that keyhelper atl/ctrl map keys (cacko default) work with some applications and not others?  What about remote X sessions (e.g. ssh to another box from your Z, set the DISPLAY as your Z:0 and run xterm, can you type a forward slash (/)?  Have others built a vncviewer for Xqt (I can post if you like) and noticed that ,/? does not work?