trouble when ctrl/caps key swapped by X

trouble when ctrl/caps key swapped by X

[fkater]

Hi,

I have the ctrl/caps keys swapped by X in xorg.conf:

Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"

The fact that this is not honoured by the guest (win2k)
might be intended or acceptable.

However, when switching from the guest window to the host
and vice versa using the key combination Ctrl-Tab, the guest
additionally interprets that as a Caps Lock stroke. This is
of couse not intended.

The result: After each Ctrl-Tab switch, win2k is alternates
between Caps Lock on an off...

This does of course not happen when using a mouse click into
the guest window for switching to the guest.

I hope this list is the right place for this issue.

Thank You,
 Felix

Re: trouble when ctrl/caps key swapped by X

[Avi Kivity]

On 08/17/2009 05:27 PM, fkater@googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the ctrl/caps keys swapped by X in xorg.conf:
>
> Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
>
> The fact that this is not honoured by the guest (win2k)
> might be intended or acceptable.
>
> However, when switching from the guest window to the host
> and vice versa using the key combination Ctrl-Tab, the guest
> additionally interprets that as a Caps Lock stroke. This is
> of couse not intended.
>
> The result: After each Ctrl-Tab switch, win2k is alternates
> between Caps Lock on an off...
>
> This does of course not happen when using a mouse click into
> the guest window for switching to the guest.
>
> I hope this list is the right place for this issue.
>
>    

The qemu list (copied) is probably a better place.

Does swapping the keys in the guest work?

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

[Qemu-devel] Re: trouble when ctrl/caps key swapped by X

[Avi Kivity]

On 08/17/2009 05:27 PM, fkater@googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the ctrl/caps keys swapped by X in xorg.conf:
>
> Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
>
> The fact that this is not honoured by the guest (win2k)
> might be intended or acceptable.
>
> However, when switching from the guest window to the host
> and vice versa using the key combination Ctrl-Tab, the guest
> additionally interprets that as a Caps Lock stroke. This is
> of couse not intended.
>
> The result: After each Ctrl-Tab switch, win2k is alternates
> between Caps Lock on an off...
>
> This does of course not happen when using a mouse click into
> the guest window for switching to the guest.
>
> I hope this list is the right place for this issue.
>
>    

The qemu list (copied) is probably a better place.

Does swapping the keys in the guest work?

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

Re: trouble when ctrl/caps key swapped by X

[fkater]

Avi Kivity:

> On 08/17/2009 05:27 PM, fkater@googlemail.com wrote:
> > I have the ctrl/caps keys swapped by X in xorg.conf:
> >
> > Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
> >
> > The fact that this is not honoured by the guest (win2k)
> > might be intended or acceptable.
> >
> > However, when switching from the guest window to the host
> > and vice versa using the key combination Ctrl-Tab, the guest
> > additionally interprets that as a Caps Lock stroke. This is
> > of couse not intended.
> >
> > The result: After each Ctrl-Tab switch, win2k is alternates
> > between Caps Lock on an off...
> >
> > This does of course not happen when using a mouse click into
> > the guest window for switching to the guest.
>
> Does swapping the keys in the guest work?

Not really:

This is the result for keys pressed in a cmd.exe:

If Ctrl-f is pressed (Ctrl key is originally Caps Lock),
then you simply get an uppercase F (like when pressed
Shift-f).

If Caps Lock is pressed once (Caps Lock key is originally
Ctrl key), then all following keys are interpreted as
escaped letters (like when pressed with Ctrl normally):

* press Caps Lock once
* type f -> get ^F
* type g -> get ^G
* press Caps Lock once again to undo this behaviour

Note: There is also a registry hack under windows to swap
the Ctrl and Caps Lock keys which does makes things even
more confusing though.

Thank You
 Felix

[Qemu-devel] Re: trouble when ctrl/caps key swapped by X

[fkater]

Avi Kivity:

> On 08/17/2009 05:27 PM, fkater@googlemail.com wrote:
> > I have the ctrl/caps keys swapped by X in xorg.conf:
> >
> > Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
> >
> > The fact that this is not honoured by the guest (win2k)
> > might be intended or acceptable.
> >
> > However, when switching from the guest window to the host
> > and vice versa using the key combination Ctrl-Tab, the guest
> > additionally interprets that as a Caps Lock stroke. This is
> > of couse not intended.
> >
> > The result: After each Ctrl-Tab switch, win2k is alternates
> > between Caps Lock on an off...
> >
> > This does of course not happen when using a mouse click into
> > the guest window for switching to the guest.
>
> Does swapping the keys in the guest work?

Not really:

This is the result for keys pressed in a cmd.exe:

If Ctrl-f is pressed (Ctrl key is originally Caps Lock),
then you simply get an uppercase F (like when pressed
Shift-f).

If Caps Lock is pressed once (Caps Lock key is originally
Ctrl key), then all following keys are interpreted as
escaped letters (like when pressed with Ctrl normally):

* press Caps Lock once
* type f -> get ^F
* type g -> get ^G
* press Caps Lock once again to undo this behaviour

Note: There is also a registry hack under windows to swap
the Ctrl and Caps Lock keys which does makes things even
more confusing though.

Thank You
 Felix