Re: Non English keyboard layout not working in Emacs

> From: Abhiseck Paira <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:56:25 +0530
> 
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > I'd begin by figuring out which X events are sent to Emacs when you
> > press keyboard keys in Bengali keyboard layout, and what, if anything,
> > does Emacs actually receive (use "C-h l" for the latter).
> >
> > Also, do other layouts have similar problems?
> 
> I wrote "start bengali" switched to Bengali layout and typed some keys
> on keyboard and ended with "end bengali", this is view-lossage (C-h l)
> output:
> 
>  s                       ;; self-insert-command
>  t t                     ;; self-insert-command
>  a a                     ;; self-insert-command
>  r r                     ;; self-insert-command
>  t t                     ;; self-insert-command
>  SPC SPC                 ;; self-insert-command
>  b                       ;; self-insert-command
>  e e                     ;; self-insert-command
>  n n                     ;; self-insert-command
>  g g                     ;; self-insert-command
>  a a                     ;; self-insert-command
>  l l                     ;; self-insert-command
>  i i                     ;; self-insert-command
>  <return> <return>       ;; newline
>  C-জ                     ;; nil
>  C-ও                     ;; nil

What are these characters, and why do they have the Ctrl modifier?  Do
these correspond to the keys you pressed?

> > I'd begin by figuring out which X events are sent to Emacs when you
> > press keyboard keys in Bengali keyboard layout,[...]
> 
> I don't understand this part.  How do I figure out which X events are
> sent to Emacs?

Use some tool like xev or xinput.