[Fedora-i18n-bugs] [Bug 742112] Problem with French-Canadian layout

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nomnex <nomnex at gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |cooly at gnome.eu.org
          Component|ibus                        |ibp

--- Comment #14 from nomnex <nomnex at gmail.com> 2011-10-15 20:49:18 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #13)
> (In reply to comment #10)
> > option:
> > grp:switch,grp:rctrl_rshift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,grp:switch,grp:rctrl_rshift_toggle,grp_led:scroll,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
> 
> It seems you don't specify any XKB options for Alt (I mean altwin:* options)
> So I think your left Alt should be normal Alt.

yes, it does

> If you run 'ibus-xkb --get' command again after you switch to "French (Canada)"
> on ibus menu, the output shows 'ca' correctly.

yes, it does

> I checked Canadian French keyboard.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Canadian_French_.28Quebec.29
> The Left Alt is normal against right Alt. So if you type Alt_L + f on gedit,
> the File menu will be open. Alt_R is AltGR on Canadian_French.

> Probably I'd like to close this bug since I think it's not a bug.

sorry, but there is a problem. it'is not a user problem, and it is not a
machine problem.

after installing lxde on 2 different PCs, ibus set with Japanese & the
Canadian_french input reproduce the same behavior: the left Alt with the
"fr_ca" is only mapped with the dead keys (accents: à, ç, ...) and basic
punctuation keys (dot, comma,). Most of the other sings　keys - see attachment
in comment #4 - ( [,], \, ^, =, +) remain of the default layout (for instance
"jp", on my system). 

as I have said, when I run a setxbmap command (outside ibus), by comparison, I
have a full working keyboard layout (letters, dead key, signs).

this is the command I am using (it only allow me to switch keyboard layout
outside ibus):
setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:rctrl_rshift_toggle,grp_led:scroll jp,ca

you answered that you cannot reproduce the problem and all the keys, inc. the
left Alt key, are correctly mapped on your end, when you switch to "ca_fr" in
ibus, on a LXDE de.

in comment #1 you said:
> If you enable ibus-anthy, the keyboard layout is inherited from the system
> keyboard layout.

It is, but some of the keys mapped to the Alt_R (or GRAlt) remains mapped to a
"JP" layout (see attachment in comment #4)

in comment #5 you said:

> If you use no XKB configuration on another desktop, the default XKB setting
> must be called before ibus-daemon is called.

I don't really understand this. however, it seems to me the keyboard layouts
are already configured in the Fedora dist. (Gnome, LXDE, KDE, etc.) the only
missing option in LXDE is a GUI　configuration to have several different input
layouts (what I achieved with the setxkbmap command).

it looks to me there is a conflict in ibus when I switch to "ca_fr" using a
"jp" default layout.

I keep posting back, because I can reproduce the same problem onmy 2 computers.
They have a completely different hardware, but the software configuration is
identical: both are clean install of F-15 LXDE, with ibus set to "JP" default
with "ca_fr" additional input.

On both machine the Alt_R key remains mapped to "jp" input for the sing keys
described in comment 4# (keys mapped with a red dot)

It is certain that my configuration is uncommon. but let's say if I would
install F-15 LXDE on a few more JP notebooks, and set ibus with the "fr_ca"
input. the Alt_R key would reproduce the same behavior. So, wouldn't it apply
as a bug?

Of course, I can wait until F-16, but I worry the issue remains. I had the same
problem on F-14 already.

Sorry to be so insisting on this. Of course, if there is no solution, or if it
involves a too great amount of work for a single user (I), I will live with it.

Thanks again.

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