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Unity overrides compose key setting

Bug #781100 reported by Jordy van Heeswijk
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

In advanced keyboard settings, I configured Right Win as compose key.
This setting is overridden by Unity - it won't let me use Right Win as compose key.

Work-around:
In advanced keyboard settings > Alt/Win key behavior select 'Meta is mapped to left Win'

Tags: precise unity
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Bln (boris-le-ninivin) wrote :

I have the same bug too. Well I marked the #779243 as a duplicate of this bug even if the other one is older, because I think the solution here is important to know, and also, the description of the bug is better.

Thank you for the workaround.

BLN.

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T J Schemkes (tj-schemkes) wrote :

I am the writer of bug #779243 and today I found a way to pass the problem.
In the Keyboard Layout Options I use 'Compose key position' and 'Key sequence to kill the X server'.
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to kill the server means the use of the left Ctrl+Alt.
I think it is not possible to use a key twice in the Options list so I have taken the right Ctrl key in the Compose key position.
Everything is working fine now.
Good luck and success.

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
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Julian Alarcon (julian-alarcon) wrote :

This bug is similar, or maybe the same now with other keys, not just Win key.

I tried setting different keys, and onlye Puase key worked.

tags: added: precise unity
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M.Dziwny (antoine-fontaine) wrote :

I'm still affected by this bug, it's really a problem since I can't use anymore Ubuntu to write in some other languages (especially Polish). Before, they was a trick, to push maj while pushing the compose key, but it doesn't work anymore.

Any other known way to solve it ?

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M.Dziwny (antoine-fontaine) wrote :

Problem solved in a recent update, thank you :)

Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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