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AltGr not working with external keyboard on Android emacs-30.0.50-29-arm64-v8a

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From: Emilia Blåsten <emilia.blasten <at> iki.fi>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: AltGr not working with external keyboard on Android
 emacs-30.0.50-29-arm64-v8a
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:57:00 +0200

The AltGr button does not seem to be recognized properly on Scandinavian
external keyboard layouts, wether connected by USB or Bluetooth. This
happens in Emacs version 30.0.50 on Android, filename
emacs-30.0.50-29-arm64-v8a.apk from

https://sourceforge.net/projects/android-ports-for-gnu-emacs/files/termux/


Steps to reproduce:

1) Connect an external keyboard to the Android device

2) Set the layout to Scandinavian (e.g. in Android 11, settings ->
system -> language and input -> physical keyboard -> name of the
keyboard -> setup keyboard layouts -> remove all layouts except Finnish)

3) Open emacs with the "emacs -Q" option

4) in *scratch* press down the AltGr-key (right side of the space bar),
then the 2-key, then release both, then press the a-key.

Expected behaviour: you should have typed "@a"

Actual behaviour: you typed "aa"

The keyboard behaves like expected in Termux and Android text fields.


Is there an option to fix this already, or is this a bug?


Best regards,
Emilia

Message #8 received at 69321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Emilia Blåsten <emilia.blasten <at> iki.fi>
Cc: 69321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69321: AltGr not working with external keyboard on Android
 emacs-30.0.50-29-arm64-v8a
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:03:27 +0800

Emilia Blåsten <emilia.blasten <at> iki.fi> writes:

> The AltGr button does not seem to be recognized properly on Scandinavian
> external keyboard layouts, wether connected by USB or Bluetooth. This
> happens in Emacs version 30.0.50 on Android, filename
> emacs-30.0.50-29-arm64-v8a.apk from
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/android-ports-for-gnu-emacs/files/termux/
>
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1) Connect an external keyboard to the Android device
>
> 2) Set the layout to Scandinavian (e.g. in Android 11, settings ->
> system -> language and input -> physical keyboard -> name of the
> keyboard -> setup keyboard layouts -> remove all layouts except Finnish)
>
> 3) Open emacs with the "emacs -Q" option
>
> 4) in *scratch* press down the AltGr-key (right side of the space bar),
> then the 2-key, then release both, then press the a-key.
>
> Expected behaviour: you should have typed "@a"
>
> Actual behaviour: you typed "aa"
>
> The keyboard behaves like expected in Termux and Android text fields.
>
>
> Is there an option to fix this already, or is this a bug?

It's a bug which I've just fixed.  Prebuilts should be available soon.
Thanks.

Message #11 received at 69321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Emilia Blåsten <emilia.blasten <at> iki.fi>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 69321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69321: AltGr not working with external keyboard on Android
 emacs-30.0.50-29-arm64-v8a
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:50:30 +0200

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> It's a bug which I've just fixed.  Prebuilts should be available soon.
> Thanks.

Thank you! It works for most of the keys now. There is still a key which
does not work, in fact at all:

The key two jumps to the right from P, which is used for diacritics

Expected behaviour:

the key, then a: ä
the key, then o: ö
the key, then u: ü
shift & the key, then o: ô
altgr & the key, then n: ñ
altgt & the key, then space: ~


Current behaviour (event after the AltGr fix):

The key does nothing,

the key, then a: a
the key, then o: o
the key, then u: u
shift & the key, then o: o
altgr & the key, then n: n
altgt & the key, then space:  


Kindest regards,
Emilia

Message #14 received at 69321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Emilia Blåsten <emilia.blasten <at> iki.fi>
Cc: 69321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69321: AltGr not working with external keyboard on Android
 emacs-30.0.50-29-arm64-v8a
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:56:50 +0800

Emilia Blåsten <emilia.blasten <at> iki.fi> writes:

> Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> It's a bug which I've just fixed.  Prebuilts should be available soon.
>> Thanks.
>
> Thank you! It works for most of the keys now. There is still a key which
> does not work, in fact at all:
>
> The key two jumps to the right from P, which is used for diacritics

I'm sorry I don't follow--which key is that, and what label is printed
on top?

Thanks.

Message #17 received at 69321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Emilia Blåsten <emilia.blasten <at> iki.fi>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 69321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69321: AltGr not working with external keyboard on Android
 emacs-30.0.50-29-arm64-v8a
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 14:19:24 +0200

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> I'm sorry I don't follow--which key is that, and what label is printed
> on top?

Sorry for the confusing description. You can see it on the following picture:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/fwaAb.png

It has labels for "^" and "¨" and "~". In the picture above it's
between Å and ENTER.

Kindest regards,
Emilia

Message #20 received at 69321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Emilia Blåsten <emilia.blasten <at> iki.fi>
Cc: 69321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69321: AltGr not working with external keyboard on Android
 emacs-30.0.50-29-arm64-v8a
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:05:08 +0800

Emilia Blåsten <emilia.blasten <at> iki.fi> writes:

> Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> I'm sorry I don't follow--which key is that, and what label is printed
>> on top?
>
> Sorry for the confusing description. You can see it on the following picture:
>
> https://i.stack.imgur.com/fwaAb.png
>
> It has labels for "^" and "¨" and "~". In the picture above it's
> between Å and ENTER.
>
> Kindest regards,
> Emilia

Thanks, should be fixed now.

Message #23 received at 69321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Emilia Blåsten <emilia.blasten <at> iki.fi>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 69321 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69321: AltGr not working with external keyboard on Android
 emacs-30.0.50-29-arm64-v8a
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:44:11 +0200

It works! Thank you for fixing these so fast!

Best regards,
Emilia

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> Thanks, should be fixed now.

Message #28 received at 69321-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Emilia Blåsten <emilia.blasten <at> iki.fi>
Cc: 69321-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69321: AltGr not working with external keyboard on Android
 emacs-30.0.50-29-arm64-v8a
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:20:54 +0800

Emilia Blåsten <emilia.blasten <at> iki.fi> writes:

> It works! Thank you for fixing these so fast!

Thanks, closing.

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