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[bryonak <bryonak@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just got bitten by this bug after upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic (64bit
on a MacBook Pro 3.1).

In 9.04 I had Keyboard Layout Options > Key to choose 3rd level > Right Win activated, which made the right Apple ("command") key act as modifier for @|{}#...
In 9.10 this stopped working. I can map it to the Left Alt, which produces the correct output. Strangely, as soon as I check "Right Win" too, it stops working on both the Alt and Apple key...
Curiously it DOES WORK in gnome-terminal. I can happily check any combination of 3rd level choosers and the terminal will produce the expected output.

Screenshots for clarification...

situation1.png - I'm pressing "command"+2 (should produce @ ony my keyboard) in xev. Works in gnome-terminal, has no effect in text-areas, editors, everywhere else.
xbindkeys -k returns "Mod4+Mod5 + ISO_Level3_Shift"

situation2.png - Same as situation 1, now Alt also produces @ etc. in
gnome-terminal and xbindkeys returns the same for the Alt and Apple
keys.

situation3 - Ticking off the "Right Win" suddenly makes the Alt key work correctly as modifier everywhere. Also the output of xbindkeys -k changes to "Mod5 + ISO_Level3_Shift" (the Mod4 is gone).
I've tried various combinations with the "Right Ctrl", "Any Win", ... checkboxes. In short, turning on any option with "Win" in it's name makes it impossible to produce @#|{}...


Besides, choosing MacBook/MacBook Pro (with or without intl) as keyboard model gives an incorrect key mapping... Generic 102-key works fine.
Still I'd be happy to use my Left Alt key for things like alt+tabbing instead of curly brackets and @s ;)

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Intrepid: No "AltGr" key defined -> e.g. no "@" symbol with MacBook Pro
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261573
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Status in Hotkeys: Invalid
Status in Mactel Support: In Progress
Status in central project for keyboard configuration: Invalid
Status in “xkeyboard-config” package in Ubuntu: Triaged

Bug description:
Binary package hint: pommed

Testing with Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 4. Manually changed System -> Preferences -> Keyboard to "Apple: MacBook / MacBook Pro (Intel)", but no change. Apparently Ubuntu does not know what to do with the key second right to the space key (the key right next to the space key is the "Apple" key which also is right left to the space key) which should probably do the job of the AltGr key.

Fn - ctrl - alt - Apple key - SPACE - Apple key - strange key which probably should do the job of AltGr - < key etc.

Note that normally on modern Macs you get the "@" symbol pressing some key + the letter "l" key. At the moment, with Ubuntu, things work neither the Mac way nor the usual PC way. (I suppose it would be useful to use the PC way.)

This goes for a German keyboard tested. I assume it's the same with other languages' keyboards (English keyboards have th "@" on "q", too, right?).

[Workaround]
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro1-1_1-2/Intrepid

"The MacBook Pro Keyboard doesn't have a Alt GR / Right Alt key, so there is no way to type Third Level Keys, such as "@" and "[" (these vary from country to country). Here is a solution:

Go to System > Preferences > Keyboard. On the Layout Options tab, select "Third Level Choosers" and check "Press Enter key on keypad to choose 3rd level".

Now you can use the Left Enter key (on the MacBook Pro keyboard) as a Alt Gr Key to access these Third Level Keys. "