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[Dave Hughes <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This appears to affect anything which uses XTestFakeKeyEvent. For
example, I use KeePassX, a password database with auto-type
functionality (apparently implemented with XTestFakeKeyEvent). My
keyboard is set to United Kingdom, yet when I use auto-type with (for
example) a username including an ampersand (someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) the
ampersand becomes a double-quote (i.e. it enters someone"somewhere.org
instead - the double-quote on a US keyboard is where the ampersand is on
a UK keyboard). From reading a couple of forum posts it would appear
Synergy (a cross-platform keyboard/mouse sharing application) is
affected as well.

The "setxkbmap" workaround mentioned in the report fixes the issue
temporarily for KeePassX (and apparently Synergy), but it would be nice
to have something more permanent. I first noticed this with Oneiric
(auto-type worked fine under Lucid, Maverick and Natty).

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  [Oneiric] XTestFakeKeyEvent changes keyboard mapping to 'us'

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