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Ubuntu 8.10 RC has several issues related to the keyboard of my Macbook.
It is the Belgian Azerty version of the Macbook. Several keys do not
work, several keys are not available, and the behaviour of several keys
does not match Mac OS X (which really would help usability in my dual
boot setup).

In the attachment you can find a photo of the keyboard. I guess it will
help people to solve this bug.

The most irritating issues:
* It is not possible to type the @ and #
* The same is true for the pipe character: |
* The eject button for the DVD drive does not work
* Several interesting key related shortcuts do not work
* See below for more things that do not work

In the next sections I will go from left to right, and top to bottom on
my keyboard (see screenshot) and I will compare differences between Mac
OS X and Ubuntu.

==Pressing only 1 key==
* Mac OS X:
@&é"'(§è!çà)-
azertyuiop^$
qsdfghjklmù`
<wxcvbn,;:=
* Ubuntu:
²&é"'(§è!çà)-
azertyuiop^$
qsdfghjklmùùµ
<wxcvbn,;:=

==Pressing shift and key==
* Mac OS X:
#1234567890°_
AZERTYUIOP¨*
QSDFGHJKLM%£
>WXCVBN?./+
* Ubuntu:
³1234567890°_
AZERTYUIOP¨*
QSDFGHJKLM%£
>WXCVBN?./+

==Pressing alt and key==
* Mac OS X:
•ë“‘{¶«¡Çø}—  <--I don't know exactly, but either the first or either the second character is on Mac OS X the Apple logo, maybe this should be the Ubuntu logo
æÂꮆںîœπô€
‡Ò∂ƒfiÌÏȬµÙ@
≤‹≈©◊ß~∞…÷≠
alt + <backpace>: remove last word
* Ubuntu:
On Ubuntu the alt is used for commands. So, none of these works. On Mac OS X, the Command key (the one with the Apple logo on it) is used for commands. Ubuntu should also use this button for Commands (instead of alt). Alt should be used for generating special characters.

==Pressing alt, shift and key==
* Mac OS X:
Ÿ´„”’[å»ÛÁØ]–
ÆÅÊ‚™ŸªïŒ∏Ô¥
Ω∑∆·flÎÍË|Ó‰#
≥›⁄¢√∫ı¿•\±
* Ubuntu:
Same issue.

==Pressing alt, shift, ctrl and key==
* Mac OS X:
01234567890 Remark: last 2 keys do nothing!
Only I key: same as clicking on <tab> key
Only J and M and % keys: <return> and <return> and "

Only < and , and ; and : and = : ` and , and ; and . and /
* Ubuntu:
Same issue.

==Others==
* Mac OS X:
alt + tab: creates bullet points like this: 	-	; when you enter something and hit return, a new line is started with a new bullet point; when you hit alt + tab multiple times, the bullet point will indent?? more to the right
alt + left/right: move cursor to begin or end of word
alt + up/down: move cursor to begin or end of paragraph
Apple key + left/right: move cursor to begin or end of line
Apple key + up/right: move cursor to begin or end of page
shift+left/right: select character
shift+alt+left/right: select word
shift+Apple key+left/right: select from cursor location to beginning or end of line
shift+Apple key+up/down: select from cursor location to beginning or end of page
eject button
* Ubuntu:
Most of these do not work.

** Affects: xkeyboard-config (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: hw-specific kj-expired kj-triage needs-kernel-logs needs-upstream-testing
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Poor keyboard support: Macbook Belgian Azerty
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290473
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