Re: [orca-list] Orca changes the keyboard mapping.

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hi Didier.

I'll take a look. Thanks for the report!
--joanie

On 02/18/2018 02:31 PM, Didier Spaier wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I don't know if this is the proper place to post this issue, but I'd
> like to know if other encounter it before filing it on the bug tracker,
> on which a search I already made came empty.
>
> Context: Slint64-14.2.1.1, orca 3.27.3, Python 3.5.1, gtk 3.18.9, LANG
> set to fr_FR.utf8, keyboard map with layout "fr" (azerty keyboard) as
> shown below:
> didier[~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keymap.conf 
> Section "InputClass"
>       Identifier                      "Keyboard-all"
>       MatchIsKeyboard         "yes"
>       MatchDevicePath         "/dev/input/event*"
>       Driver                          "evdev"
>       Option                          "XkbLayout" "fr"
>       Option                          "XkbVariant" ""
>       Option                          "XkbOptions" ""
> EndSection
>
> Issue: if I press Insert+<space> to bring up the Orca setting GUI then
> just click the OK button (labeled Valider in French), the X keyboard
> map changes from azerty to qwerty.
>
> Before:
> didier[~]$ xmodmap -pke|grep " 24 "
> keycode  24 = a A a A ae AE ae
>
> After:        
> didier[~]$ xmodmap -pke|grep " 24 "
> keycode  24 = q Q q Q
>
> This is confirmed by xev which first associates keycode 45 to ksym 61,
> then to ksym 71.
>
> To get back the default mapping I have to run setxkbmap (no argument).
>
> I tried in several graphical environments: twm, fluxbox, wmaker,
> blackbox, KDE 4.14.3, Mate 1.18, Xfce 4.12, same result everywhere.
>
> However if I restart orca then bring up the GUI and click on OK the
> layout is not changed (at least not constantly).
>
> I had a look at orca.py, unfortunately my python skills are not good
> enough to help me understand the logic.
>
> Any clue appreciated.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Didier
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