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

Maxim Ganetsky ganmax at narod.ru
Mon Nov 25 23:34:33 MSK 2013


17.04.2013 16:55, Alexey Gladkov пишет:
> 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.

Any news about this issue?

:)

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