Re: Java editor shortcuts seems to disable other letters

From: Chuck Hill (chil..lobal-village.net)
Date: Wed Jun 03 2009 - 13:17:35 EDT

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    On Jun 3, 2009, at 12:53 AM, Guillaume Polet wrote:

    > Hello,
    >
    > Since I recently updated, I now have some problems in the Java
    > editor in Eclipse. The shortcuts ALT+CTRL+1 2 or 3 works fine but I
    > cannot get |,..and # to work (on my keyboard I can get these
    > letters by pressing Alt Gr+1 2 or 3, belgian(dot) keyboard). I have
    > to say that this is quite annoying for me as I have to type those
    > letters quite often when programming. All my other text editors in
    > Eclipse work fine, so my guess is that it comes from WOLips (there
    > are other letters that I can get with the modifier Alt Gr that work
    > fine). Has this been reported yet somewhere I couldn't find or
    > should I file a bug in JIRA?

    You should file this as a bug in Jira.

    Chuck

    >
    >
    > I know that this can be quite tricky since the Alt Gr modifier is
    > reported as ALT + CTRL when Alt Gr is not pressed with a compatible
    > key (for example the key Alt+Gr+1 gives '|' (pipe) and is reported
    > as Alt Gr and '|', but Alt Gr + Q does not match anything and is
    > reported as ALT+CTRL+Q in Java, or simply pressing Alt Gr is
    > reported as ALT+CTRL). I have added a picture of my keyboard mapping
    > to give you maybe a clearer idea.
    >
    >
    > Many thanks to the WOLips dev team,
    >
    >
    > Guillaume Polet
    >
    > My Config:
    > Windows XP
    > Eclipse 3.4.1
    > Java JDK 1.6.0_11
    > WOLips 3.4.5800 (issue was already in 3.4.5693, but I updated first
    > to check that it had not been solved)
    > <moz-screenshot-1.jpg>
    > Other pictures of other keyboards mappings can be found here: http://www.lakefolks.org/cnt/lpacks.htm

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