pb with dead keys on keyboard [SOLVED]

[Bill Davidsen]

François Patte wrote:
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> Le 15/05/2009 10:17, François Patte a écrit :
>> Bonjour,
>>
>> I have problem with dead keys (^ and ¨) on my French azerty keyboard in
>> emacs.
>>
>> These keys do not work: ^a gives a instead of â.
>>
>> This problem happens in emacs and is *not* an emacs config problem for
>> other users on the same machine do not have this problem.
>>
>> I tried after disabling .emacs and .Xresouces files. Problem is still there.
> 
> Culprit is imsettings!!!! What is imsettings:
> 
> Description :
> IMSettings is a framework that delivers Input Method
> settings and applies the changes so they take effect
> immediately without any need to restart applications
> or the desktop.
> 
Isn't that where you would want to make the changes? Doesn't IMSettings apply to 
text consoles as well?
> 
> Bravissimo!
> 
> yum remove imsettings is the solution.... All scim packages are
> uninstalled....
> 
> Packages for typing scripts with diacritical marks like.... ^ and ¨
> 
> 
> Strange! Isn't it?
> 
> 
> - --
> François Patte
> UFR de mathématiques et informatique
> Université Paris Descartes
> 45, rue des Saints Pères
> F-75270 Paris Cedex 06
> Tél. +33 (0)1 4286 2145
> http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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