Re: Non English keyboard layout not working in Emacs

> From: Abhiseck Paira <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:58:35 +0530
> 
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> >>  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?
> 
> Emacs received "C-জ" when I had pressed Ctrl and Bengali letter "জ"
> together and "C-ও" when I pressed Ctrl and Bengali letter "ও".  But,
> if I type them without Ctrl being pressed, Emacs doesn't receive them.
> 
> > Use some tool like xev or xinput.
> 
> I have tested with xev, it receives keyboard press and release events:
> 
> KeyPress event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x3c00001,
>     root 0x4a6, subw 0x0, time 1455538, (603,427), root:(605,477),
>     state 0x2000, keycode 44 (keysym 0x100099c, U099C), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
>     XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
>     XFilterEvent returns: False
> 
> KeyRelease event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x3c00001,
>     root 0x4a6, subw 0x0, time 1455609, (603,427), root:(605,477),
>     state 0x2000, keycode 44 (keysym 0x100099c, U099C), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
>     XFilterEvent returns: False
> 
> The above was when I pressed Bengali character 'জ'.  And the following
> when I press Bengali character 'ও':
> 
> KeyPress event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x3c00001,
>     root 0x4a6, subw 0x0, time 1458379, (603,427), root:(605,477),
>     state 0x2000, keycode 32 (keysym 0x1000993, U0993), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
>     XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
>     XFilterEvent returns: False
> 
> KeyRelease event, serial 38, synthetic NO, window 0x3c00001,
>     root 0x4a6, subw 0x0, time 1458480, (603,427), root:(605,477),
>     state 0x2000, keycode 32 (keysym 0x1000993, U0993), same_screen YES,
>     XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
>     XFilterEvent returns: False

What does the below produce:

  M-: (featurep 'xinput2) RET