[Bug 51871] gtk apps reading accelerator keystrokes incorrectly with alternative keymaps

[Christopher Armstrong]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

This is a pretty strange and complicated interaction. I'm using an up-
to-date Dapper installation.

1. My low-level keymap is set to dvorak (whatever that means). That is,
when I installed Ubuntu I told it I want to use dvorak. My keyboard is
physically qwerty. Both my Linux console and X are using dvorak by
default.

2. Without adding any alternate keymaps to the keyboard selector applet,
everything works fine.

3. When I *add the option* to switch to qwerty via my keyboard indicator
applet (something I occasionally do when pair-programming with other
people), all gtk apps (gedit, gtimelog, gaim) stop reading keyboard
accelerators correctly: When I hit ctrl-q, the app does not try to quit,
when I hit ctrl-l, it does not clear the screen, etc -- HOWEVER, when I
hit *ctrl-'* (ctrl and single quote), it tries to quit. When I hit
ctrl-n it clears the screen. single-quote happens to be where the "q"
key is physically on my keyboard "n" happens to be where the "l" key is
physically on my keyboard. Note that I didn't actually *switch* to
qwerty here, I just added the option to my keyboard selector.

All other apps, for instance emacs, do not get my keyboard accelerators
confused.

** Affects: control-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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gtk apps reading accelerator keystrokes incorrectly with alternative keymaps
https://launchpad.net/bugs/51871