FS#38743 - [xkeyboard-config] Version 2.11 broke dot key in keypad (french layout)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Frederic Bezies (fredbezies) - Friday, 31 January 2014, 10:41 GMT
Last edited by Laurent Carlier (lordheavy) - Tuesday, 04 February 2014, 12:35 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Laurent Carlier (lordheavy)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description: Just noticed a regression this morning after upgrading xkeyboard-config with my french keybaord.

dot key is not giving anymore a dot on screen, but a comma instead.

Additional info:

xkeyboard-config 2.11-1

Steps to reproduce:

Just upgrade xkeyboard config with a french keyboard. Active numlock and test keys.
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Closed by  Laurent Carlier (lordheavy)
Tuesday, 04 February 2014, 12:35 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  xkeyboard-config-2.11-2
Comment by Frederic Bezies (fredbezies) - Friday, 31 January 2014, 10:47 GMT
Downgrading package to version 2.10.1-1 fixed the bug.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Friday, 31 January 2014, 10:55 GMT
It's not a bug, it's a feature:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/commit/?id=cf93beb47f9907946dd72ca4d481ffbbbadda53a

Your keyboard has a comma printed on it, so pressing it generates a comma.
Comment by Laurent Carlier (lordheavy) - Friday, 31 January 2014, 10:56 GMT
Indeed i can reproduc this with konsole, this commit is the culprit http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/commit/?id=cf93beb47f9907946dd72ca4d481ffbbbadda53a

It is really a bug xkeyboard-config, or in the apps.....?
Comment by Frederic Bezies (fredbezies) - Friday, 31 January 2014, 11:11 GMT
@jgc : A 'dot' is printed on numpad key near "entr". Not a comma. So for me, it is a not feature. It is a bug ;)

On my keyboard, I can read on this key :

.
Suppr (delete key)

Where is the comma ?

Feel free to close is as notabug, but for lot of people it will be a bug ;)

Comment by Laurent Carlier (lordheavy) - Friday, 31 January 2014, 11:28 GMT
@JGC

No, no comma on the keyboard, just a dot

btw upstream bug report: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74274
Comment by Muflone (muflone) - Sunday, 02 February 2014, 22:06 GMT
The same applies to the Italian layout, which has printed in the numpad key:

.
Canc

after having installed xkeyboard-config 2.11 when the numpad key is pressed a comma is produced instead of a dot.
Comment by Laurent Carlier (lordheavy) - Tuesday, 04 February 2014, 12:16 GMT
I've reverted the offending commit and pushed a new package. Please test!
Comment by Frederic Bezies (fredbezies) - Tuesday, 04 February 2014, 12:32 GMT
So far, so good ;)

Great to have a dot numpad key working the way it is supposed to be. Thanks a lot.

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