Recent input changes

[Maarten Maathuis]

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Ben Gamari <bgamari at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Ben Gamari <bgamari at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Strangely enough, before I login (in gdm) things seem to behave as
>> they should. Directly after I login though (even before my own minimal
>> ~/.Xmodmap has been loaded), the behavior I described earlier begins.
>>
>> - Ben
>
> It's well-known what is said about assumptions and today I just
> learned why. As it turns out, loading ~/.Xmodmap is one of the first
> things that is done in the gnome session start-up. As it turns out,
> moving my simple ~/.Xmodmap out of the way fixes the problem with my
> modifiers (Ctrl functioning as Caps Lock, Alt not working at all,
> etc.) It's a relief to know that the problem isn't difficult to work
> around, however this does present the question of why my modmap is
> ruining the modifier map. My ~/.Xmodmap simply remaps the Caps_Lock
> key as Escape for use in vim,
>
> $ cat ~/.Xmodmap
> remove Lock = Caps_Lock
> keysym Caps_Lock = Escape
>
> Is there any reason why this wouldn't work with the reworked input
> subsystem? Is this simply a regression? Thanks,
>
> - Ben
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I think i noticed something similar too.

Maarten.