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Correctly handle Mode_switch/ISO_Level3_Shift (Thanks bacardi55)

I tested this with the following experiment:
$ setxkbmap 'us(intl)'
$ xmodmap ~/configfiles/midna/Xmodmap
$ xmodmap -e 'keycode 38 = a A adiaeresis Adiaeresis o O'
$ xmodmap -e 'keycode 49 = ISO_Level3_Shift ISO_Level3_Shift ISO_Level3_Shift ISO_Level3_Shift'
Then, Mode_switch + a yields ä, but ` + a yields o.

In i3lock, these were swapped (Mode_switch + a yielded o, while ä was not
reachable at all). The comment in the code explains it

(See http://code.stapelberg.de/git/configfiles for the Xmodmap)
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Michael Stapelberg 13 years ago
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i3lock.c

@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static int input_position = 0;
/* holds the password you enter (in UTF-8) */
static char password[512];
static bool modeswitch_active = false;
static bool iso_level3_shift_active = false;
static int modeswitchmask;
static int numlockmask;
static bool beep = false;
@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ static void handle_key_release(xcb_key_release_event_t *event) {
if (sym == XK_Mode_switch) {
//printf("Mode switch disabled\n");
modeswitch_active = false;
} else if (sym == XK_ISO_Level3_Shift) {
iso_level3_shift_active = false;
}
}
@ -135,19 +138,53 @@ static void handle_key_press(xcb_key_press_event_t *event) {
//printf("keypress %d, state raw = %d\n", event->detail, event->state);
xcb_keysym_t sym0, sym1, sym;
if (modeswitch_active) {
sym0 = xcb_key_press_lookup_keysym(symbols, event, 4);
sym1 = xcb_key_press_lookup_keysym(symbols, event, 5);
} else {
sym0 = xcb_key_press_lookup_keysym(symbols, event, 0);
sym1 = xcb_key_press_lookup_keysym(symbols, event, 1);
}
/* For each keycode, there is a list of symbols. The list could look like this:
* $ xmodmap -pke | grep 'keycode 38'
* keycode 38 = a A adiaeresis Adiaeresis o O
* In non-X11 terminology, the symbols for the keycode 38 (the key labeled
* with "a" on my keyboard) are "a A ä Ä o O".
* Another form to display the same information is using xkbcomp:
* $ xkbcomp $DISPLAY /tmp/xkb.dump
* Then open /tmp/xkb.dump and search for '\<a\>' (in VIM regexp-language):
*
* symbols[Group1]= [ a, A, o, O ],
* symbols[Group2]= [ adiaeresis, Adiaeresis ]
*
* So there are two *groups*, one containing 'a A' and one containing 'ä
* Ä'. You can use Mode_switch to switch between these groups. You can use
* ISO_Level3_Shift to reach the 'o O' part of the first group (its the
* same group, just an even higher shift level).
*
* So, using the "logical" XKB information, the following lookup will be
* performed:
*
* Neither Mode_switch nor ISO_Level3_Shift active: group 1, column 0 and 1
* Mode_switch active: group 2, column 0 and 1
* ISO_Level3_Shift active: group 1, column 2 and 3
*
* Using the column index which xcb_key_press_lookup_keysym uses (and
* xmodmap prints out), the following lookup will be performed:
*
* Neither Mode_switch nor ISO_Level3_Shift active: column 0 and 1
* Mode_switch active: column 2 and 3
* ISO_Level3_Shift active: column 4 and 5
*/
int base_column = 0;
if (modeswitch_active)
base_column = 2;
if (iso_level3_shift_active)
base_column = 4;
sym0 = xcb_key_press_lookup_keysym(symbols, event, base_column);
sym1 = xcb_key_press_lookup_keysym(symbols, event, base_column + 1);
switch (sym0) {
case XK_Mode_switch:
//printf("Mode switch enabled\n");
modeswitch_active = true;
return;
case XK_ISO_Level3_Shift:
DEBUG("ISO_Level3_Shift enabled\n");
iso_level3_shift_active = true;
return;
case XK_Return:
case XK_KP_Enter:
input_done();

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