cygwin-x-doc/faq cygwin-xfree-faq.xml,1.15,1.16 i18n.xml,1.2,1.3

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Update of /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/faq
In directory pdx:/tmp/cvs-serv10043

Modified Files:
        cygwin-xfree-faq.xml i18n.xml 
Log Message:
Marked Alt-Gr with XP Powertoys as solved
Added section about wrong AltGr key name


Index: cygwin-xfree-faq.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -d -r1.15 -r1.16
--- a/cygwin-xfree-faq.xml      8 Mar 2004 13:27:29 -0000       1.15
+++ b/cygwin-xfree-faq.xml      8 Mar 2004 14:52:21 -0000       1.16
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@
 <date>2004-03-08</date>
 
<authorinitials>alexander.gottwald-hMeZAl7WFGgaBlGTGt4zH4SGEyLTKazZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</authorinitials>
 <revremark>Changed the OpenSSH config file location.
-Reported by tulitanssi &lt;at&gt; luukku &lt;dot&gt; com</revremark>
+Reported by tulitanssi &lt;at&gt; luukku &lt;dot&gt; com
+Marked Alt-Gr with XP Powertoys as solved.
+Added section about wrong AltGr key name.</revremark>
 </revision>
 
 <revision>

Index: i18n.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/faq/i18n.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -d -r1.2 -r1.3
--- a/i18n.xml  29 Feb 2004 14:20:53 -0000      1.2
+++ b/i18n.xml  8 Mar 2004 14:52:21 -0000       1.3
@@ -119,15 +119,31 @@
 What can I do?</para>
 </question>
 <answer>
-<para>Unfortunately there is not much you can do. Somehow Powertoys on Windows
-XP causes the algorithm for AltGr detection to fail. So the easy solution is
-to disable Powertoys.</para>
-<para>The second (and hard) solution is to debug the keyboardhandling code and
-determine how the two messages which are sent by Windows when AltGr is pressed
-can be distinguished from a combined Alt and Control press.</para>
+<para>This problem is solved in recent Cygwin/X releases. Use cygwin setup to
+upgrade the XFree86-xserv package.
+</para>
 </answer>
 </qandaentry>
 
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="alt-gr-with-old-x">
+<para>AltGr does not work properly when connecting to other unices or to old
+XFree86.</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>The older X11 releases on the various commercial unices define the AltGr
+key as ModeSwitch, MetaR, AltR or similar. Cygwin/X expects it to be 
+ISO_Level3_Switch. For reasons unknown to us this is reset when loggin into 
+the remote host. As far as we don't have access to such a machine we are unable
+to track this down and find a reason. 
+</para>
+<para>
+Sometimes it does help to run <screen>DISPLAY=:0.0 setxkbmap 
<replaceable>languagecode</replaceable>
+</screen>
+from a cygwin shell. For more information see <xref 
linkend="q-non-U.S.-keyboard-layout"/>.
+</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>