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Arno's Engram v2.0 ("Engram") layout is an optimized key layout for touch typing in English based on ergonomic considerations, with a protocol and software for creating new, optimized key layouts in other languages.
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Delete key not working on the linux Keyman distribution of the Engram layout #21

Closed binarybottle closed 3 years ago

binarybottle commented 3 years ago

I am able to use the Delete key with the Keyman distribution of the Engram layout on macos, but not on linux. Any suggestions for a fix? @sunaku, @Tristen-Sinanju, @caga?

sunaku commented 3 years ago

The delete key isn't remapped in our XKB file, so it should be inherited from the standard US (basic) layout.

Can you try running xev in a graphical terminal and then press the delete key? I get this output on my side:

KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x7800001,
    root 0x6ab, subw 0x0, time 14982585, (-248,-19), root:(623,459),
    state 0x2000, keycode 119 (keysym 0xffff, Delete), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7f) ""
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7f) ""
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x7800001,
    root 0x6ab, subw 0x0, time 14982663, (-248,-19), root:(623,459),
    state 0x2000, keycode 119 (keysym 0xffff, Delete), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7f) ""
    XFilterEvent returns: False
binarybottle commented 3 years ago

KeyPress event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0x5600001, root 0x7bf, subw 0x0, time 11468098, (903,710), root:(903,739), state 0x0, keycode 119 (keysym 0xffff, Delete), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7f) "" XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7f) "" XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 40, synthetic NO, window 0x5600001, root 0x7bf, subw 0x0, time 11468237, (903,710), root:(903,739), state 0x0, keycode 119 (keysym 0xffff, Delete), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (7f) "" XFilterEvent returns: False

sunaku commented 3 years ago

Hmm, that looks correct to me. Maybe something else is interpreting your delete key?

Are you running ibus (for the keyman version of Engram) alongside the XKB version?

See https://discourse.gnome.org/t/delete-key-not-working/5627/3

binarybottle commented 3 years ago

Thank you, @sunaku, but I don't have a ~/.cache/ibus/compose/ directory.

Also, to be clear, I'm not currently using your xkb file; I'm using Keyman to remap keys.

sunaku commented 3 years ago

Thanks for clarifying - I really was thinking this was an issue with my XKB implementation so far! :sweat_smile:

Do you have dead keys enabled in your IBus config? It's another symptom in that Gnome bug report.

binarybottle commented 3 years ago

Got it -- thanks! Until Keyman fixes this, I'll recommend people use setxkbmap:

linux ➤ setxkbmap -query git:master rules: evdev model: pc101 layout: us,us variant: engram,basic linux ➤ setxkbmap -layout us,us -variant engram,basic -option grp:ctrls_toggle