Re: [hatari-users] shortcut alt+j not working ?

[Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 11/18/2017 08:07 PM, Nicolas Pomarède wrote:
> under linux, I noticed that alt+j is not recognized as a shortcut key 
> anymore to enable joystick. alt+x, alt+d, ... all seems to work, but not 
> all+x.

Did you mean AltGr, or really Alt?

AltGr is the Hatari shortcut modifier key.  Alt-key combos
can be bound by your desktop...


AltGr-J & AltGr-X work fine for me with latest Hatari.

I have SDL 2.0.2 though, not 2.0.7.


	- Eero

> If I run hatari with --trace keymap, I have :
>
> when pressing alt :
> key down: sym=1073742054 scan=230 mod=0x200 name='Right Alt'
>
> when keeping alt pressed and pressing j:
> nothing
>
> when pressing j alone :
> key down: sym=106 scan=13 mod=0x0 name='J'
>
>
>
> If I use 'xev' to get the events from X pressing alt then d gives :
>
> KeyPress event, serial 153, synthetic NO, window 0x7000001,
>      root 0x156, subw 0x0, time 6510237, (162,20), root:(1866,49),
>      state 0x80, keycode 40 (keysym 0xf0, eth), same_screen YES,
>      XLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 b0) "ð"
>      XmbLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 b0) "ð"
>      XFilterEvent returns: True
>
> and pressing alt then j gives :
>
> KeyPress event, serial 153, synthetic NO, window 0x7000001,
>      root 0x156, subw 0x0, time 6512154, (162,20), root:(1866,49),
>      state 0x80, keycode 44 (keysym 0xfe61, dead_hook), same_screen YES,
>      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
>      XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
>      XFilterEvent returns: True
>
> So, the difference between alt+j and all other alt+XX is that alt+j has 
> no translation associated (dead_hook). But still, as xev get the keys 
> event, shouldn't SDL2 gets them too ?
>
> this is with SDL 2.0.7 ; did anyone notice this too ?
>
> Nicolas