Comment 6 for bug 1969396

On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 06:42:15AM -0000, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
> Is 'lv3:none' a valid XKB option?

I have no idea. But until I set it, I was seeing conflicting lv3 options.

> I can't reproduce your problem on my jammy. Even if I set "Alternate
> Characters Key" to "Right Alt" in Settings, the 'compose:ralt' option
> overrides it and RightAlt/AltGr works as a compose key. That's true also
> if I use the Swedish layout, which — unlike the basic us layout — sets
> 'lv3:ralt_switch' by default in the background.

> More questions:

> 1. Which keyboard layout are you using?

English (Dvorak, alt. intl.)

> 2. What happens if you drop the 'lv3:none' option, so you only have:
> ['altwin:menu', 'compose:ralt']

This works.

> ? While you need to set 'altwin:menu' elsewhere (Tweaks?), setting
> 'compose:ralt' can be accomplished from Settings:

> * Disable "Alternate Characters Key" by switching to "Use layout
> default"

> * Select "Right Alt" for "Compose Key"

That was not the behavior here. *Now*, toggling Alternate Characters Key is
not having any effect; but previously, choosing 'Use layout default' was
giving me lv3:ralt_alt, lv3:switch.

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