Comment 7 for bug 261573
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> As far as I know, Windows doesn't make difference between Alt and AltGr unless
> a key containg third lever characters is pressed.
I'm afraid this is not possible in X.
> I can speak only for myself, but it's much more important to be able to type
> normal text (third level characters) and worrying about the shortcuts comes
> later. Typing a simple email (needs third level @ character) is not possible on
> international Macbook and default settings.
True. But the alternative would be disabling all shortcuts containing Alt. These problems I would consider as equally bad.
> Maybe Left AltGr behaviour could be made default for international Macbook
> layouts and US would preserve the current default behaviour?
Sorry, I do not quite follow - which layouts/variants do you mean? The default mac US layout is the section "mac" in symbols/us. Do you propose another variant ("mac-intl")?