stellarium doesn't adjust to my keyboard layout

[Adam]

I use the Dvorak keyboard layout exclusively. The Stellarium keyboard shortcuts (i.e. J, K, and L for time control) were clearly designed for the Qwerty layout. I checked the config file, and no options for setting keyboard shortcuts are available.

Can I change the keyboard shortcuts based on my layout? This problem makes Stellarium hard to use, as I've been around since 0.9.0, and was using the shortcuts on a Qwerty layout at that time. If not, I'll have to break the keyboard shortcut habit.

Running latest Stellarium bzr revision on Ubuntu 10.04 x64.

Thanks!
-Adam

[Peter Mousley (scrupeus)]

On 21/07/2010 6:15, Adam wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> I use the Dvorak keyboard layout exclusively. The Stellarium keyboard
> shortcuts (i.e. J, K, and L for time control) were clearly designed for
> the Qwerty layout. I checked the config file, and no options for setting
> keyboard shortcuts are available.
>
> Can I change the keyboard shortcuts based on my layout? This problem
> makes Stellarium hard to use, as I've been around since 0.9.0, and was
> using the shortcuts on a Qwerty layout at that time. If not, I'll have
> to break the keyboard shortcut habit.
>
> Running latest Stellarium bzr revision on Ubuntu 10.04 x64.
>
> Thanks!
> -Adam
>
> ** Affects: stellarium
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: dvorak keyboard shortcuts
>
>
A key mapping editor is under development. Hopefully it will be
available in the not too distant future.

[Matthew Gates (matthew-porpoisehead)]

Do you use gnome?

In the keyboard layouts preferences, do you have the "separate layout for each window" option selected? If so, uncheck that and try again (you might need to log out and back in again for changes to take effect).

[Adam (aftereffex)]

Thank you for your replies.

@Matthew: Yes, I use gnome.

After disabling the "separate layout for each window" option, logging out and back in, and running Stellarium, I don't see any difference (I.e. Stellarium uses the usual keys as shortcuts). What should happen?

@Peter: If the code is publicly available anywhere, I would be happy to test it.

[Peter Mousley (scrupeus)]

On 21/07/2010 23:56, Adam wrote:
> Thank you for your replies.
>
> @Matthew: Yes, I use gnome.
>
> After disabling the "separate layout for each window" option, logging
> out and back in, and running Stellarium, I don't see any difference
> (I.e. Stellarium uses the usual keys as shortcuts). What should happen?
>
> @Peter: If the code is publicly available anywhere, I would be happy to
> test it.
>
>
Timothy Reaves is working on it - not sure how far progressed it is though.