xdotool doesn't work properly with keysym
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xdotool (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
I want to type the character _ or the character ? using
xdotool key underscore or xdotool key question but I obtain the wrong character:
xdotool key underscore print a question mark (?) while xdotool key question print un underscore (_)
This issue wasn't present in previous 14.04 version.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xdotool 1:3.20150503.1-2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Wed Aug 3 15:36:06 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-02 (458 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
SourcePackage: xdotool
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-07-29 (5 days ago)
[Update] The issue disappear with this workaround:
in a shell execute
setxkbmap -layout us
and then return to my default map:
setxkbmap -layout it
from now (until reboot) xdotool works properly.