Re: xterm / Windows 10 question

[Thomas Wolff <towo at towo dot net>]

Am 05.06.2018 um 06:03 schrieb Marco Atzeri:
> > On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Matt Nicholas <mattdn@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > I start Cygwin/X as follows:
> > >
> > > (1) open a Cygwin64 Terminal window
> > > (2) cd /usr/bin
> > > (3) ./xinit -- -multiwindow &
> > >
> > > That works as expected, and creates an initial xterm window. I can then
> > > start multiple independent xterm windows.
> > >
> > > The problem I'm having is that when I type single quote or double quote
> > > characters in the xterm window, no character appears with the first
> > > keystroke.
> > > Typing the character twice, causes the character to appear, but things
> > > don't work as expected.
> > > For example, a command like:
> > >       find . -name "*.exe"
> > > fails to find any files even though there are ".exe" files to be found.
> > >
> > > I've seen various suggestions online stating that I need to change the
> > > setting under 'Control Panel, Languages' so that the selected 
> > > language is
> > > "English (United States)", rather than "English (International)".
> > > I did that and it did not solve the problem (nor make any discernible
> > > difference).
> > >
> > > A few other clues:
> > >       (1) The problem does not occur in a Cygwin64 Terminal window.
> > >       (2) I set things up the same way on a Windows 7 PC that I also 
> > > use,
> > > and do not experience this problem in xterm windows.
>
> It seems that Xterm, and I assume the all X server,
> is using a different Keyboard layout than Mintty.
> One with dead-keys.
Mintty supports dead keys too, per Windows keyboard layout, and also a 
compose key.
Double-quote, however, should not be a dead key, in typical keyboard 
layouts. What X keyboard layout do you have?
Is it really a double-quote you finally have on the command line? Did 
you check that with `od`?

> The best explanation I found on keyboard with dead-keys is
> https://zauner.nllk.net/post/0014-windows-no-dead-keys/
>
> For changing setting for the X system, some guidance is available on:
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_configuration_in_Xorg

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