[kbd] Caps Lock doesn't affect e.g. Cyrillic letters in UTF-8 keymaps

Alexey Gladkov gladkov.alexey at gmail.com
Wed Apr 17 16:55:36 MSK 2013


17.04.2013 02:55, Maxim Ganetsky wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> When using e.g. ruwin_ct_sh-UTF-8 keymap (in pure console, no X involved 
> ;) ) Caps Lock doesn't work for Cyrilic letters. Shift key does work for 
> them, though.
> 
> Looks like Cyrillic letters are not interpreted as such because they are 
> defined in the following way:
> 
> altgr		keycode  16 = 	U+0439
> altgr	shift	keycode  16 = 	U+0419
> 
> But probably (judging by keymaps man page) they should be defined like this:
> 
> altgr		keycode  16 = 	+U+0439
> altgr	shift	keycode  16 = 	+U+0419
> 
> This looks like a regression during Unicode conversion and affects all 
> Unicode keymaps.
> 
> Would be nice to have this sorted out.

I think you're right.

-- 
Rgrds, legion



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