@-sign could not be sent correctly with xdotool

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We try to get keepass 2 (.Net-App http://www.keepass.info/) get running
with Mono and xdotool. I am just an interested fan of the program and try
to help the programmer of it. He uses xdotool to sent the username and
passwords to the wanted window. A typical username for freemailers ist
"name@mailprovider.com". xdotool seems not to be able to send the @-sign. I
tried 
xdotool type --clearmodifiers 'test@mail.de'
xdotol key --clearmodifiers at

After a long while I found out that I could send the @-sign with
xdotool key --clearmodifiers ISO_Level3_Shift+q

Is this the only working/correct way or what do we need to do?

Thanks in advance,

Thomas

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ThSchuet...@gmail.com on 4 Mar 2010 at 5:37

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This sounds like a bug. Sorry about that ;)

Can you tell me what keymap you use? Also, can you paste here the output of:
1) xmodmap -pm
2) xmodmap -pke

I only usually test with a US keymap, but there are known issues with non-us 
keymaps 
that could be the cause here. I'd like to fix the issues :)

Original comment by jls.semi...@gmail.com on 5 Mar 2010 at 3:32

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Hi! I am using de-nodeadkeys as keymap and here are the wanted outputs:

1) xmodmap -pm

xmodmap:  up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x6d)
mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Meta_L (0x9c)
mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3      
mod4        Super_L (0x73),  Super_R (0x74),  Super_L (0x7f),  Hyper_L (0x80)
mod5        Mode_switch (0x5d),  ISO_Level3_Shift (0x71),  ISO_Level3_Shift 
(0x7c)

2) xmodmap -pke

keycode   8 =
keycode   9 = Escape NoSymbol Escape
keycode  10 = 1 exclam 1 exclam onesuperior exclamdown onesuperior
keycode  11 = 2 quotedbl 2 quotedbl twosuperior oneeighth twosuperior
keycode  12 = 3 section 3 section threesuperior sterling threesuperior
keycode  13 = 4 dollar 4 dollar onequarter currency onequarter
keycode  14 = 5 percent 5 percent onehalf threeeighths onehalf
keycode  15 = 6 ampersand 6 ampersand notsign fiveeighths notsign
keycode  16 = 7 slash 7 slash braceleft seveneighths braceleft
keycode  17 = 8 parenleft 8 parenleft bracketleft trademark bracketleft
keycode  18 = 9 parenright 9 parenright bracketright plusminus bracketright
keycode  19 = 0 equal 0 equal braceright degree braceright
keycode  20 = ssharp question ssharp question backslash questiondown U1E9E
keycode  21 = acute grave acute grave cedilla cedilla cedilla
keycode  22 = BackSpace NoSymbol BackSpace
keycode  23 = Tab ISO_Left_Tab Tab ISO_Left_Tab
keycode  24 = q Q q Q at Greek_OMEGA at
keycode  25 = w W w W lstroke Lstroke lstroke
keycode  26 = e E e E EuroSign EuroSign EuroSign
keycode  27 = r R r R paragraph registered paragraph
keycode  28 = t T t T tslash Tslash tslash
keycode  29 = z Z z Z leftarrow yen leftarrow
keycode  30 = u U u U downarrow uparrow downarrow
keycode  31 = i I i I rightarrow idotless rightarrow
keycode  32 = o O o O oslash Oslash oslash
keycode  33 = p P p P thorn THORN thorn
keycode  34 = udiaeresis Udiaeresis udiaeresis Udiaeresis diaeresis diaeresis 
diaeresis
keycode  35 = plus asterisk plus asterisk asciitilde macron asciitilde
keycode  36 = Return NoSymbol Return
keycode  37 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L
keycode  38 = a A a A ae AE ae
keycode  39 = s S s S U017F U1E9E U017F
keycode  40 = d D d D eth ETH eth
keycode  41 = f F f F dstroke ordfeminine dstroke
keycode  42 = g G g G eng ENG eng
keycode  43 = h H h H hstroke Hstroke hstroke
keycode  44 = j J j J dead_belowdot dead_abovedot dead_belowdot
keycode  45 = k K k K kra ampersand kra
keycode  46 = l L l L lstroke Lstroke lstroke
keycode  47 = odiaeresis Odiaeresis odiaeresis Odiaeresis doubleacute 
doubleacute
doubleacute
keycode  48 = adiaeresis Adiaeresis adiaeresis Adiaeresis asciicircum 
asciicircum
asciicircum
keycode  49 = asciicircum degree asciicircum degree notsign notsign notsign
keycode  50 = Shift_L NoSymbol Shift_L
keycode  51 = numbersign apostrophe numbersign apostrophe grave grave grave
keycode  52 = y Y y Y guillemotright U203A guillemotright
keycode  53 = x X x X guillemotleft U2039 guillemotleft
keycode  54 = c C c C cent copyright cent
keycode  55 = v V v V doublelowquotemark singlelowquotemark doublelowquotemark
keycode  56 = b B b B leftdoublequotemark leftsinglequotemark 
leftdoublequotemark
keycode  57 = n N n N rightdoublequotemark rightsinglequotemark 
rightdoublequotemark
keycode  58 = m M m M mu masculine mu
keycode  59 = comma semicolon comma semicolon periodcentered multiply 
periodcentered
keycode  60 = period colon period colon U2026 division U2026
keycode  61 = minus underscore minus underscore dead_belowdot abovedot 
dead_belowdot
keycode  62 = Shift_R NoSymbol Shift_R
keycode  63 = KP_Multiply XF86_ClearGrab KP_Multiply XF86_ClearGrab
keycode  64 = Alt_L Meta_L Alt_L Meta_L
keycode  65 = space NoSymbol space
keycode  66 = Caps_Lock NoSymbol Caps_Lock
keycode  67 = F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1 F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1
keycode  68 = F2 XF86_Switch_VT_2 F2 XF86_Switch_VT_2
keycode  69 = F3 XF86_Switch_VT_3 F3 XF86_Switch_VT_3
keycode  70 = F4 XF86_Switch_VT_4 F4 XF86_Switch_VT_4
keycode  71 = F5 XF86_Switch_VT_5 F5 XF86_Switch_VT_5
keycode  72 = F6 XF86_Switch_VT_6 F6 XF86_Switch_VT_6
keycode  73 = F7 XF86_Switch_VT_7 F7 XF86_Switch_VT_7
keycode  74 = F8 XF86_Switch_VT_8 F8 XF86_Switch_VT_8
keycode  75 = F9 XF86_Switch_VT_9 F9 XF86_Switch_VT_9
keycode  76 = F10 XF86_Switch_VT_10 F10 XF86_Switch_VT_10
keycode  77 = Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys
keycode  78 = Scroll_Lock NoSymbol Scroll_Lock
keycode  79 = KP_Home KP_7 KP_Home KP_7
keycode  80 = KP_Up KP_8 KP_Up KP_8
keycode  81 = KP_Prior KP_9 KP_Prior KP_9
keycode  82 = KP_Subtract XF86_Prev_VMode KP_Subtract XF86_Prev_VMode
keycode  83 = KP_Left KP_4 KP_Left KP_4
keycode  84 = KP_Begin KP_5 KP_Begin KP_5
keycode  85 = KP_Right KP_6 KP_Right KP_6
keycode  86 = KP_Add XF86_Next_VMode KP_Add XF86_Next_VMode
keycode  87 = KP_End KP_1 KP_End KP_1
keycode  88 = KP_Down KP_2 KP_Down KP_2
keycode  89 = KP_Next KP_3 KP_Next KP_3
keycode  90 = KP_Insert KP_0 KP_Insert KP_0
keycode  91 = KP_Delete KP_Separator KP_Delete KP_Separator
keycode  92 =
keycode  93 = Mode_switch NoSymbol Mode_switch
keycode  94 = less greater less greater bar brokenbar bar
keycode  95 = F11 XF86_Switch_VT_11 F11 XF86_Switch_VT_11
keycode  96 = F12 XF86_Switch_VT_12 F12 XF86_Switch_VT_12
keycode  97 = Home NoSymbol Home
keycode  98 = Up NoSymbol Up
keycode  99 = Prior NoSymbol Prior
keycode 100 = Left NoSymbol Left
keycode 101 =
keycode 102 = Right NoSymbol Right
keycode 103 = End NoSymbol End
keycode 104 = Down NoSymbol Down
keycode 105 = Next NoSymbol Next
keycode 106 = Insert NoSymbol Insert
keycode 107 = Delete NoSymbol Delete
keycode 108 = KP_Enter NoSymbol KP_Enter
keycode 109 = Control_R NoSymbol Control_R
keycode 110 = Pause Break Pause Break
keycode 111 = Print Sys_Req Print Sys_Req
keycode 112 = KP_Divide XF86_Ungrab KP_Divide XF86_Ungrab
keycode 113 = ISO_Level3_Shift NoSymbol ISO_Level3_Shift
keycode 114 =
keycode 115 = Super_L NoSymbol Super_L
keycode 116 = Super_R NoSymbol Super_R
keycode 117 = Menu NoSymbol Menu
keycode 118 =
keycode 119 =
keycode 120 =
keycode 121 =
keycode 122 =
keycode 123 =
keycode 124 = ISO_Level3_Shift NoSymbol ISO_Level3_Shift
keycode 125 = NoSymbol Alt_L NoSymbol Alt_L
keycode 126 = KP_Equal NoSymbol KP_Equal
keycode 127 = NoSymbol Super_L NoSymbol Super_L
keycode 128 = NoSymbol Hyper_L NoSymbol Hyper_L
keycode 129 = XF86AudioMedia NoSymbol XF86AudioMedia
keycode 130 =
keycode 131 =
keycode 132 =
keycode 133 =
keycode 134 =
keycode 135 =
keycode 136 =
keycode 137 =
keycode 138 =
keycode 139 =
keycode 140 =
keycode 141 =
keycode 142 =
keycode 143 =
keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev NoSymbol XF86AudioPrev
keycode 145 =
keycode 146 =
keycode 147 =
keycode 148 =
keycode 149 =
keycode 150 = XF86Sleep NoSymbol XF86Sleep
keycode 151 =
keycode 152 =
keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext NoSymbol XF86AudioNext
keycode 154 =
keycode 155 =
keycode 156 = NoSymbol Meta_L NoSymbol Meta_L
keycode 157 =
keycode 158 =
keycode 159 =
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute NoSymbol XF86AudioMute
keycode 161 = XF86Calculator NoSymbol XF86Calculator
keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay XF86AudioPause XF86AudioPlay XF86AudioPause
keycode 163 =
keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop XF86Eject XF86AudioStop XF86Eject
keycode 165 =
keycode 166 =
keycode 167 =
keycode 168 =
keycode 169 =
keycode 170 = XF86Eject NoSymbol XF86Eject
keycode 171 =
keycode 172 =
keycode 173 =
keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume NoSymbol XF86AudioLowerVolume
keycode 175 =
keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume NoSymbol XF86AudioRaiseVolume
keycode 177 =
keycode 178 = XF86WWW NoSymbol XF86WWW
keycode 179 =
keycode 180 =
keycode 181 =
keycode 182 =
keycode 183 =
keycode 184 =
keycode 185 =
keycode 186 =
keycode 187 =
keycode 188 =
keycode 189 =
keycode 190 =
keycode 191 =
keycode 192 =
keycode 193 =
keycode 194 =
keycode 195 =
keycode 196 =
keycode 197 =
keycode 198 =
keycode 199 =
keycode 200 =
keycode 201 =
keycode 202 =
keycode 203 =
keycode 204 = XF86Eject NoSymbol XF86Eject
keycode 205 =
keycode 206 =
keycode 207 =
keycode 208 =
keycode 209 =
keycode 210 =
keycode 211 =
keycode 212 =
keycode 213 =
keycode 214 = XF86Display NoSymbol XF86Display
keycode 215 = XF86KbdLightOnOff NoSymbol XF86KbdLightOnOff
keycode 216 = XF86KbdBrightnessDown NoSymbol XF86KbdBrightnessDown
keycode 217 = XF86KbdBrightnessUp NoSymbol XF86KbdBrightnessUp
keycode 218 =
keycode 219 =
keycode 220 =
keycode 221 =
keycode 222 = XF86PowerOff NoSymbol XF86PowerOff
keycode 223 = XF86Standby NoSymbol XF86Standby
keycode 224 =
keycode 225 =
keycode 226 =
keycode 227 = XF86WakeUp NoSymbol XF86WakeUp
keycode 228 =
keycode 229 = XF86Search NoSymbol XF86Search
keycode 230 = XF86Favorites NoSymbol XF86Favorites
keycode 231 = XF86Reload NoSymbol XF86Reload
keycode 232 = XF86Stop NoSymbol XF86Stop
keycode 233 = XF86Forward NoSymbol XF86Forward
keycode 234 = XF86Back NoSymbol XF86Back
keycode 235 = XF86MyComputer NoSymbol XF86MyComputer
keycode 236 = XF86Mail NoSymbol XF86Mail
keycode 237 = XF86AudioMedia NoSymbol XF86AudioMedia
keycode 238 =
keycode 239 =
keycode 240 =
keycode 241 =
keycode 242 =
keycode 243 =
keycode 244 = XF86Battery NoSymbol XF86Battery
keycode 245 =
keycode 246 = XF86WLAN NoSymbol XF86WLAN
keycode 247 =
keycode 248 =
keycode 249 =
keycode 250 =
keycode 251 =
keycode 252 =
keycode 253 =
keycode 254 =
keycode 255 = NoSymbol at NoSymbol at

Original comment by ThSchuet...@gmail.com on 5 Mar 2010 at 8:56

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Thanks! I'll see what I can do about this bug :)

Original comment by jls.semi...@gmail.com on 6 Mar 2010 at 1:11

• Changed state: Accepted

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I have a fix for this in SVN now (r2751). Would you mind testing this? I can 
build you 
a tarball if you need it rather than using svn checkout.

Original comment by jls.semi...@gmail.com on 26 Mar 2010 at 8:30

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Okay, tried that, had a bit difficulties to check the source out from svn... No 
real
programmer...
xdotool type --clearmodifiers 'test@mail.de'
=> doesn't work, I get "testmail.de"

xdotol key --clearmodifiers at
=> Does work, I get "@" as wanted.

After both commands I get real problems with my mouse, seems to be good luck if 
it
reacts on clicks, moving is okay, right click is okay, but left click behaves
strange... And alt-tab doesn't really work. After som clicking and typing 
things get
better. I need to look on it again to verify what happens... Somewhen the next 
days,
I am to tired now...

Original comment by ThSchuet...@gmail.com on 30 Mar 2010 at 7:08

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Thanks for taking the time to try out the fix! I'll see about fixing the 'type' 
issue 
and also will try reproducing the mouse/keyboard problems you were having.

Original comment by jls.semi...@gmail.com on 30 Mar 2010 at 8:27

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svn r2875 should fix this. I also now have tests that run and make sure that 
this 
functionality continues working.

Original comment by jls.semi...@gmail.com on 23 May 2010 at 10:31

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This should be fixed in the latest release.
http://www.semicomplete.com/blog/geekery/xdotool-2.20100524.html

Feel free to reopen if this is not the case.

Original comment by jls.semi...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 1:39

• Changed state: Fixed