[PATCH] NumLock/CapsLock masks in Thai XIM

[mcnichol at austin.ibm.com]

> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:08:09 +0700
> To: xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: [PATCH] NumLock/CapsLock masks in Thai XIM
> From: Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <thep at linux.thai.net>
>
> Hello,
> 
> As reported in Bug #12517 [1], Thai XIM component in libx11 stops
> checking input seqences when NumLock/CapsLock is on. This problem is
> similar to what was once found in GTK+ Thai-Lao IM module, as per GNOME
> Bug #438261 [2].
> 
>   [1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D12517
>   [2] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D438261
> 
> I have posted a patch to the fd.o bug for a few months, and would like
> to get it reviewed. The patch is quite small.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Theppitak Karoonboonyanan
> http://linux.thai.net/~thep/

Hi Theppitak,

The patch assumes that NumLock is always mapped to Mod2.
That may not be true on all systems.  I know AIX uses Mod5.

Dan