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[Bug 188342] Re: keymap fr/oss: numpad '.' mapped to period instead of KP_Decimal

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From: mohican <188342@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 21:43:20 -0000
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In Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty the same problem remains with the french (alternate) = français (variante) keyboard layout.
(This layout is for me the best of all french layouts, and it is the one selected by default when installing Ubuntu.)

But now, "thanks" to the gnome simplying of interfaces we now no longer
have access to the optionnal settings of the keyboard layout !

To have access to these settings, install gnome-tweak-tool, you will find them under the "typing" section.
However gnome-tweak-tool doesn't work too good in 14.04 (background is transparent !)

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Title:
  keymap fr/oss: numpad '.' mapped to period instead of KP_Decimal

Status in central project for keyboard configuration:
  Fix Released
Status in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “xkeyboard-config” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-kbd

  In Ubuntu 7.10, xserver-xorg-input-kbd_1.2.0-1+1.2.1ubuntu1 with the
  following Xorg.conf settings:

  Section "InputDevice"
          Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
          Driver          "kbd"
          Option          "CoreKeyboard"
          Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
          Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
          Option          "XkbLayout"     "fr"
          Option          "XkbVariant"    "oss"
  EndSection

  Got:
  $ xmodmap -pke | grep 'keycode *91'
  keycode  91 = KP_Delete period comma U202F comma U202F

  Expected:
  $ xmodmap -pke | grep 'keycode *91'
  keycode  91 = KP_Delete KP_Decimal comma U202F comma U202F

  This issue is a MAJOR usability issue in OpenOffice.org Calc, as in the current state Calc is unusable to enter decimal numbers quickly.
  This is a major blocker for migration of Windows/Excel users to Ubuntu/OpenOffice.org. See bug #188331.

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