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Subject: Re: xterm / Windows 10 question
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Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 08:21:36 +0200
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Am 05.06.2018 um 06:03 schrieb Marco Atzeri:
>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Matt Nicholas <mattdn AT gmail DOT 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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