Comment 29 for bug 188308

Is this really a bug in xkeyboard-config, the keyboard configuration files?

I don't think so. The layout works fine if used as the default and only layout in gnome-keyboard-properties (except for the issue that the key doesn't repeat).

The problem occurs if trying to switch between layouts in gnome-keyboard-properties...the caps lock behaviour is not properly set in this situation.

I find that if I start off with colemak as the default and switch to a standard layout using the applet then the colemak caps lock behaviour (as backspace) persists. If however I start off with a standard layout and switch to colemak I get the strange bug where the caps lock key is both caps lock and backspace at the same time.

Perhaps this is a bug in gnome-keyboard-properties.