No way to type # on Mac keyboards.

Bug #211957 reported by Alexander Jones
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xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

Aaaargh! We don't have an AltGr, so there's no way to select # with the AltGr+3.

Basically, we need a second-level chooser somehow. Can't use ctrl, as that's already involved in too many keymappings. Same for alt. I'm reluctant to give up keypad-enter, as you can't use the regular enter key when num-lock is on.

So that leaves Apple/Command. This key is mapped to Super right now, and is traditionally unused, but has recently become a Compiz key for some reason. I'm thinking maybe we should change the definition of the right Apple/Command key so that it functions as AltGr. We really don't need 2 super keys.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 4 21:11:17 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal nvidia
Package: xorg 1:7.3+10ubuntu7
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-14-generic x86_64

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Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote :
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Hi alex-weej,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? (ISOs are available from cdimage.ubuntu.com)

If it remains an issue, could you also attach a new /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
Thanks in advance.

The output of lspci -vvnn would also be worth having.

Changed in xkeyboard-config:
status: New → Incomplete
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Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote : Re: [Bug 211957] Re: No way to type # on Mac keyboards.

As far as I am aware, I still have to manually map something like "keypad
enter" to third level chooser in order to be able to type #. I am unaware of
any changes to Xorg that would be relevant to this.

I should add that this probably only affects the British layout, as I
believe # is just shift+3 on US Mac.

Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in xkeyboard-config:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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