Comment 60 for bug 218202

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In , Sndirsch-suse (sndirsch-suse) wrote :

A simulated Caps Lock key press makes the logical and the physical states of
the Caps Lock out of sync. This causes a problem as one of OpenOffice's
functionality - correct accidental use of cAPS LOCK key - relies on this
feature of X.

The attached test program toggles the logical state of the Caps Lock key, but
the LED indicator does not get toggled.

The "correct accidental use of Caps Lock" feature in OOo is based on this
test program. Explanation of this feature:

Let's say you open Writer, with your Caps Lock key turned on (but you don't
know it's on). Start typing a sentence e.g. "Here comes the Sun" but it comes
up as hERE because of the Caps Lock. As soon as you hit space after the first
word, Writer will then correct that to 'Here' and turn off the Caps Lock key.
Calc, Impress and Draw all do this.

This LED indicator still worked with xserver 1.3.0.0, but not any longer with
1.4.0.90.