Re^4: X11::GUITest and Umlauts

> Theory? It works for me

I was trying to figure out what you mean. s/theory/approach/

> On the Czech QWERTY keyboard, pressing 123 produces +ěš.

why "echo"?

seems like you are simulating the AltGr modifier, there is a syntax with &(.) for that

perl -MX11::GUITest=:ALL -E'SendKeys(q{&(e)}) or say "FAILED"' 
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unfortunately there is no alternative for umlauts in German keyboard settings and configuring the COMPOSE key doesn't help inside X11::GUITest either.

perl -MX11::GUITest=:ALL -E'SendKeys(q({CAP " a})) or say "FAILED"'
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I also briefly tested the output with the xev tool, which shows the failing request

" XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (0d) "

Cheers Rolf
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Re^5: X11::GUITest and Umlauts by choroba (Cardinal) on Oct 17, 2025 at 16:35 UTC
why "echo"? I was running xterm, not gedit. Not important. > seems like you are simulating the AltGr modifier No. On the Czech keyboard, pressing 2 produces ě, to actually get 2, you need to press Shift+2. Yes, that's how people type here, crazy, right? `map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]\|\|0,1}[\\|\|{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^ARGV,3]`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: X11::GUITest and Umlauts by NERDVANA (Priest) on Oct 19, 2025 at 18:31 UTC
Weird. And from google images, it looks like '@' is on 'V'? So then is shift-V '@' or uppercase 'V' and how do you get the other one?	[reply]
Re^7: X11::GUITest and Umlauts by choroba (Cardinal) on Oct 20, 2025 at 07:43 UTC
Letters behave differently to digits. The key `V` needs the right Alt to give @. But for me, this is too far. I only use the Czech keyboard for the accented characters and switch to the English one to get at-signs, curly or angle brackets, etc. In fact, when programming, I almost never switch to the Czech keyboard. `map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]\|\|0,1}[\\|\|{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^ARGV,3]`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^8: X11::GUITest and Umlauts by NERDVANA (Priest) on Oct 21, 2025 at 04:51 UTC
Re^9: X11::GUITest and Umlauts by afoken (Chancellor) on Oct 22, 2025 at 15:50 UTC
Re^6: X11::GUITest and Umlauts by LanX (Saint) on Oct 17, 2025 at 17:09 UTC
> crazy, right? Well, not surprising, my dad had a typewriter° without "1". You had to type "l0" for "10". Of course was the font chosen to be closer. We still have this kind of ambiguities on our keyboards, like using a single quote for apostrophe (or vice versa) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery} °) after some searching, it must have been the iconic Olivetti Lettera 22 or one of the successors like Olivetti Lettera 32. I still remember the turquoise case with the black stripe in the middle.	[reply]