Re: Shift_L and Shift_R modifier keys seem not to be working(?)

Hi Clemmitt,

Thank you for your feedback.
I have a couple of patches to check in for the X11 module.
I mainly use the terminal version on both Linux and OS/X,
I shall try and verify the X code on both systems too.

Cheers

Chqrlie.

> On 7 juin 2016, at 17:20, Clemmitt Sigler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running Arch Linux x86_64.  Either there's something weird with X
> on my laptop or not many people have used the X version of qemacs
> because no one has complained....
> 
> When running X qemacs, pressing the left and right Shift modifier keys
> doesn't work.  It's not that regular letters aren't capitalized.
> Instead, pressing the Shift keys suppresses key input completely.
> 
> So, I'm not an X programmer but know the simple basics.  I noticed a
> difference in how keys were handled when "shift" is on in
> x11_handle_event() compared to when "ctrl" is on.  So I hacked the
> source and it works, but it may not be the right way to fix the
> problem(?).  Or maybe I'm the only one seeing this problem?
> 
> Patch is attached.
> 
> HTH.  And thanks for maintaining and hacking on such a useful
> lightweight editor :^)
> -- 
> Clemmitt Sigler
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