Bug 20093 - [patch] cannot enter Russian capital letters using shift; "-" key is empty in Russia Phonetic
Summary: [patch] cannot enter Russian capital letters using shift; "-" key is empty in...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: xkeyboard-config
Classification: Unclassified
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: xkb
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords: NEEDINFO
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-02-12 21:34 UTC by Bryce Harrington
Modified: 2009-02-25 13:31 UTC (History)
0 users

See Also:
i915 platform:
i915 features:

Attachments
0001-ru-Fix-shift-key-for-Russian-letters-include-_-i.patch (4.05 KB, patch)
2009-02-12 21:34 UTC, Bryce Harrington 		Details | Splinter Review
View All

Description Bryce Harrington 2009-02-12 21:34:10 UTC 
Created attachment 22884 [details] [review]
0001-ru-Fix-shift-key-for-Russian-letters-include-_-i.patch

Another report from a ubuntu reporter:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-config/+bug/309844

[Problem]
Shift doesn't work on Russian letters, and -/_ is missing from Phonetic layout.

[Original Report]
1) When I'm trying to enter a capital Russian letter using Shift key, I'm getting a lower case symbol. Caps Lock (shift+caps lock in my case) work fine. Shift + numbers works fine as well

2) Symbol "-"/"_" does not included into Russian Phonetic layout.

It can be fixed quit easily by changing /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ru file. In the phonetics section a line

    key <AE11> { [ minus, underscore ] };

need to be added and lines like

    key <LatQ> { [ Cyrillic_ya, Cyrillic_YA ] };

should be changed to

    key <AD01> { [ Cyrillic_ya, Cyrillic_YA ] };

Corrected file is attached, hope it will be used in future releases.
Comment 1 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2009-02-13 14:33:09 UTC 
I understand about minus-underscore.
But could you (or the author) please explain about different keycodes? Essentially they are just aliases - there is no need to replace, functionally it is all equivalent.
Comment 2 Bryce Harrington 2009-02-25 13:26:46 UTC 
Okay, I was wondering about that.  In that case please focus this bug only on the minus-underscore issue.
Comment 3 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2009-02-25 13:31:27 UTC 
minus/underscore added, please check in git

Use of freedesktop.org services, including Bugzilla, is subject to our Code of Conduct. How we collect and use information is described in our Privacy Policy.