Fix for dead key problem #39
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When the mouse cursor is outside the active urxvt window dead keys stop working, at least when using ibus. This small fix stops the tabbedex extension from doing anyting when dead keys are pressed under these circumstances, which sidesteps the issue. See also mina86#26.
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I’m not sure what this actually solves at this point. The dead keys remain non-functional with this commit so does this really improve anything? |
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That's strange. This one-line change solved the issue for my particular config. I'm using urxvt v9.22 on Ubuntu 20.04 - under Gnome 3.36 with the ibus input framework. I have an Icelandic keyboard layout, where the acute accent over the vowels á, é, í, ó, ú and ý (all of which are common in Icelandic) is a dead key. The accent key does not work in urxvt when the What is your way of reproducing the issue? |
When the mouse pointer is outside of the terminal window, dead keys stop working. When ibus is used, the prompt pops up but once next key is pressed, no character is inserted to the terminal. This fixes that issue. Unfortunately, the fix only works when ibus is used. If urxvt is configured not to utilise it, dead keys remain broken when the mouse pointer is outside of the terminal window and result. See: #26 Fixes: #39 [[email protected]: moved check to key_press handler and reworded comment and commit message]
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Could you verify that code in experimental branch still fixes the issue? Also, do you have any better explanation of how the fix works than what I wrote in the comment in that commit? |
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Yes, the experimental branch version works for me. I don't have a good explanation for why the problem occurs, but since I once had similar (but more general) problems with dead keys that turned out to be related to an input manager (scim), and because when googling the problem I found several instances of people blaming input managers for such things, my working hypothesis is that the way in which ibus relays keypress events on to programs somehow does not mesh well with urxvt's expectations in that regard. |
When the mouse cursor is outside the active urxvt window dead
keys stop working, at least when using ibus. This small fix stops
the tabbedex extension from doing anyting when dead keys are
pressed under these circumstances, which sidesteps the issue.
Fixes #26.