Shift_L=parenleft;Shift_R=parenright generates '9' and '0', not '(' and ')'

[jashank]

I've seen this bug a few times; it seems to be system-specific.

On my laptop, I'm running server 1.17.2-2 and libX11 1.6.3-1 on Arch Linux; this configuration works. On my desktop, I'm running server 1.14.7_5,1 and libX11 1.6.2_3,1 on FreeBSD 10.2-BETA2, and get this.

Here's xcape generating Shift_L => '9':

KeyPress event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
    root 0x2bd, subw 0x0, time 77669581, (-449,135), root:(1702,575),
    state 0x0, keycode 50 (keysym 0xffe1, Shift_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
    root 0x2bd, subw 0x0, time 77669633, (-449,135), root:(1702,575),
    state 0x1, keycode 50 (keysym 0xffe1, Shift_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

MappingNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
    request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 248

KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
    root 0x2bd, subw 0x0, time 77669633, (-449,135), root:(1702,575),
    state 0x0, keycode 18 (keysym 0x39, 9), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (39) "9"
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (39) "9"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
    root 0x2bd, subw 0x0, time 77669633, (-449,135), root:(1702,575),
    state 0x0, keycode 18 (keysym 0x39, 9), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (39) "9"
    XFilterEvent returns: False

and here's Shift + 9 => '(':

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
    root 0x2bd, subw 0x0, time 77725149, (-449,135), root:(1702,575),
    state 0x0, keycode 50 (keysym 0xffe1, Shift_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
    root 0x2bd, subw 0x0, time 77725397, (-449,135), root:(1702,575),
    state 0x1, keycode 18 (keysym 0x28, parenleft), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (28) "("
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (28) "("
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
    root 0x2bd, subw 0x0, time 77725473, (-449,135), root:(1702,575),
    state 0x1, keycode 18 (keysym 0x28, parenleft), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (28) "("
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001,
    root 0x2bd, subw 0x0, time 77725597, (-449,135), root:(1702,575),
    state 0x1, keycode 50 (keysym 0xffe1, Shift_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
    XFilterEvent returns: False

If I give the mapping as Shift_L=0x28;Shift_R=0x29, I get the same results.

I'm stumped.

[Froziph]

I realise this post is a year old, but hey, maybe you still want this or someone else can use it in the future.

This solution works for me:

xcape -e Shift_L='Shift_L|9'
xcape -e Shift_R='Shift_R|0'