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Issue 13: Changing keyboard layouts makes xdotool type the wrong characters
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Status:  New
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Type-Defect
Priority-Medium


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Reported by mathias.dahl, Oct 23, 2009

I use two different keyboard layouts and switch between them using both
shift keys. With this setup xdotool does not reliably output the right
characters when I use the "type" command. 

Use these steps to reproduce:

1. $ setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:shifts_toggle se,us
2. $ xdotool type ";"
3. (now press both shift keys to switch layout)
4. $ xdotool type ";"

Depending on the layout used xdotool will either output ";" or "<". It
should of cource (right?) output ";" each time.

I am using xdotool-20090612 running under Ubuntu 8.04.

Thanks!

/Mathias
Comment 1 by j...@semicomplete.com, Oct 23, 2009
I've never used different keyboard layouts in X. I'll see if I can reproduce this.
Comment 2 by mathias.dahl, Oct 23, 2009
Thanks. Let me know if you need more input.
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