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gnome-terminal package

  1. Bug #204202
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 204202

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Arno Teigseth (arno-teigseth) wrote : Re: Ctrl+Z in Terminal doesn't work with dvorak layout

Hope the server isn't tiref of hearing this since I posted it to other bug reports, too.
SOLUTION IN UBUNTU JAUNTY
I too suddenly got this strange behaviour, but it used to work before.

Behaviour: In gnome-terminal, before I could start typing a command and then cancel it by pressing Ctrl+I on a qwerty keyboard. That is Ctrl+C on a dvorak.

Suddenly I could not. In fact all Ctrl+<whatever> did not work in gnome-terminal. But they did in openoffice, firefox etc.

After some head scratching and googling I found some hints saying it helped to delete the US layout. Made me think about that I recently had updated my keyboard configuration file (http://arno.homelinux.org/dvorak/), and to make xkb take it into consideration I usually
0) Copy the xkb file into /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/
1) Open keyboard preferences and delete the dvorak layout
2) Open keyboard preferences and add the dvorak layout again
Now I can type my updated keyboard.

-But this time the "US Ctrl keys" are in effect no matter what I try, even when choosing the dvorak layout.

MY SOLUTION:
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1) Open keyboard preferences and delete all but the dvorak layout
2) Add the layouts again.
3) Enjoy.
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To me this is STILL A BUG, since now when I select US keyboard, I have to press Ctrl+I to get a Ctrl+C. In other words, dvorak rules the Ctrl-key. However since I never use anything but my custom layout I'm not very much affected...

When thinking about it, I probably never saw this bug before because I chose Norway dvorak during the install process. It is actually the system default layout, to my cow-orkers' despair. ;)

I'm writing this long story to remember it myself, maybe it will help you too.