Non US-Keyboard problem

[Rado Rethmann]

>
> Hi,
>
> I've installed the latest XFREE86 (4.3.0-2) and xorg-Base (6.7.0.0) on 
> my XP-machine.
> I customized the XWin line in startxwin.bat to:

uninstall the XFree86 packages. They are superseeded by the xorg packages.
-> I did uninstall the XFree86 libs...

> run XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -xkbrules xfree86 -xkbmodel 
> logicordless -xkblayout "de,us" -xkboptions "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
>
> When I run XWin, I do not get the german keyboard, no ÌöÀ (ue/oe/ae), 
> what I will get is \374\366\344 instead.

This sounds like the bash umlaut problem. Check the faq on 
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html

-> I do have an .inputrc file in my home dir:
----- snip -------
"\e[3~": delete-char
# this is actually equivalent to "\C-?": delete-char

# VT
"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
"\e[4~": end-of-line

# kvt
"\e[H":beginning-of-line
"\e[F":end-of-line

# rxvt and konsole (i.e. the KDE-app...)
"\e[7~":beginning-of-line
"\e[8~":end-of-line

set meta-flag on
set output-meta on # to show 8-bit characters
set convert-meta off # to show it as character, not the octal 
representation

# Mapping for German umlauts
"\M-a": "À"
"\M-A": "Ä"
"\M-o": "ö"
"\M-O": "Ö"
"\M-u": "Ì"
"\M-U": "Ü"
"\M-s": "ß"
# (TODO: Mapping for accents?)
----- snip -------
I still do not get the umlaut chars. The .inputrc file is UNIX style 
(LF)...

> When shifting to the US-layout I get the correct [;' chars.
> In neither layout I can use the cursor keys, they end up in 2D2C2A2B 
> (left/right/up/down).

Is numlock activated? This may conflict with the cursor keys.
-> numlock was on, the cursor keys now work !

Rado