[Bug 249573] Shift with some Function Keys no longer work

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Summary: Shift with some Function Keys no longer work


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=249573





------- Additional Comments From besfahbo at redhat.com  2008-06-25 11:51 EST -------
(In reply to comment #6)
> It seems that there needs to be some straightening out of the Xterm spec.
> Someone (I didn't go look to see who) made a #if define around an area and seems
> to have forgotten about it. Well this was the cause of the problem.
> 
> Looking at the source for vte-0.16.13/src/keymap.c:1440 and below, there is a
> #if 1 define. The #if'd statement has a comment that states "Stuff a "1", a
> semicolon and the modifier in right before that last character, matching Xterm."
> while the old code that actually matches Xterm states "Stuff the modifier in
> right before that last character, matching what people expect." After removing
> the #if 1 defined code, leaving the old code, and recompiling the RPM everything
> works normally and according to the xterm spec.
> 
> If anyone has a source for the reason behind this change I'd love to see it, as
> the current code goes against the xterm spec as I know it. Otherwise, please
> remove the #if 1 defined area. I will make a patch if I must, but it's an easy 6
> line removal. I will also pursue upstream if I must (but this appears to be
> upstream to begin with).


Please forward this upstream to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/ product vte.

Thanks


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