[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Issues with keyboard and input methods

[From: Jose Maria Rodriguez Millan]

Hello all..
I'm having a problem configuring my bt keyboard.There are a few characters 
that need the Alt-Gr key to be pressed (bar, backslash, ntilde ...).Using 
xmodmap, the characters bar and backslash shows up both in xterm (console) 
and gtk/hildon apps.But ntilde shows up only in xterm, not in gtk apps.

So, i used the key-press gtk event to check what was happening..
XKeysymToString() reports the right symbol (ntilde)
And...event->string has the right string!! (So gtk "knows" about it...)
But the key doesnt appear.

The locale is right (if not, the ntilde would not appear under any 
circumstances).Using the virtual keyboard input method, the ntilde shows 
up.But vkb doesnt send X keypress events (just Expose events), so i cant 
find a clue there.

As i write, i'm thinking that the fact that i see the "right" string (im 
just printf'ing it), may be because it's being printed in the console, where 
i can see the ntilde without problems.
But, a file with ntildes, created from the command line, when loaded with 
osso_notes, show the ntildes .When saved, and using cat on the console to 
open the file, the characters are right.

So looks like there are no differences in the interpretation of "what a 
ntilde is"  in any case.If even gtk events know what string to show..What 
can be happening here?? Any clue??

Jose

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