(In reply to comment #76)
> I guess most people are just satisfied with this patch, which, obviously, works
> great.
It does indeed, just look as the number of comments confirming it.
> Also, the "things to test would include" items look like the author hasn't even
> tested the patch, otherwise, he wouldn't have any of those concerns.
I went ahead and did the tests grandfather mentioned:
(In reply to comment #75)
> 1. Describe which shortcut you use to switch layouts (Alt+Shift, Shift+Shift,
> etc)
Alt+Shift, I guess that's what most people use (it's a Windows default too)
> 2. Mention outcome when using with Firefox, OpenOffice, Inkscape, some GTK+ and
> QT apps.
No issues whatsoever. Tested it on ArchLinux and on FreeBSD.
> 3. Is there any problem when using IBus? Check the shortcuts that
> activate/deactivate/switch layout in IBus.
Is it for CJK input? Never used it.
> 4. how long you have been using your Linux with this patch applied.
Linux almost since this patch has been submitted, FreeBSD - for 3 months.
> 5. GTK+ allows to type arbitrary Unicode characters with Ctrl+Shift+u <HEX
> codepoint>. Does this continue to work?
Yes: ☺ ♫ ⊥
> 6. An important test case is to use Inkscape and switch layouts with Alt+Shift.
> Presumably, Alt+Shift+xyz is a type of valid shortcuts in Inkscape, and
> affected by this bug. Is this now solved?
Yes, also some Emacs shortcuts were affected by this bug (e.g. M-> and M-<) and now work fine.
I really hope this patch gets committed, the keyboard input *is* broken without it for users who use multiple keyboard layouts. I personally don't mind patching xorg-server manually, but I guess most users do.
(In reply to comment #76)
> I guess most people are just satisfied with this patch, which, obviously, works
> great.
It does indeed, just look as the number of comments confirming it.
> Also, the "things to test would include" items look like the author hasn't even
> tested the patch, otherwise, he wouldn't have any of those concerns.
I went ahead and did the tests grandfather mentioned:
(In reply to comment #75)
> 1. Describe which shortcut you use to switch layouts (Alt+Shift, Shift+Shift,
> etc)
Alt+Shift, I guess that's what most people use (it's a Windows default too)
> 2. Mention outcome when using with Firefox, OpenOffice, Inkscape, some GTK+ and
> QT apps.
No issues whatsoever. Tested it on ArchLinux and on FreeBSD.
> 3. Is there any problem when using IBus? Check the shortcuts that deactivate/ switch layout in IBus.
> activate/
Is it for CJK input? Never used it.
> 4. how long you have been using your Linux with this patch applied.
Linux almost since this patch has been submitted, FreeBSD - for 3 months.
> 5. GTK+ allows to type arbitrary Unicode characters with Ctrl+Shift+u <HEX
> codepoint>. Does this continue to work?
Yes: ☺ ♫ ⊥
> 6. An important test case is to use Inkscape and switch layouts with Alt+Shift.
> Presumably, Alt+Shift+xyz is a type of valid shortcuts in Inkscape, and
> affected by this bug. Is this now solved?
Yes, also some Emacs shortcuts were affected by this bug (e.g. M-> and M-<) and now work fine.
I really hope this patch gets committed, the keyboard input *is* broken without it for users who use multiple keyboard layouts. I personally don't mind patching xorg-server manually, but I guess most users do.