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On a tablet running Windows 8.1 I installed Cygwin 2.0.0 64.
Unfortunately I have issues using the on-screen (virtual) keyboard with Alt-Gr keys from within mintty.
Example: In Germany to get to the @ character you have to press Alt-Grq.
This, however, doesn't work in mintty using the on-screen keyboard. Instead of @ it produces the sequence ESC CTL-Q.
When I start bash from a Windows CMD terminal the @ works nicely. It also works when I use a real keyboad connected through USB.
The problem only exists when using a mintty window and the on-screen keyboard.
Does anybody have any advice?
Richard C
Posted 2015-05-29T12:24:05.823
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Have you reported the problems to the mintty community? – Ramhound – 2015-05-29T12:28:07.067
No, actually I wasn't aware that mintty has it's own community... – Richard C – 2015-05-29T12:29:16.567
From https://www.cygwin.com/lists.html "cygwin In general, you should send questions and bug reports here". Most of the cygwin developers/maintainers hang out on this mailing list.
– DavidPostill – 2015-05-29T12:33:41.767Somebody wrote mintty. My suggestion is to report the behavior to whom ever is responsible for updating mintty since the its pretty clear the problem is a conflict between the on-screen keyboard and minty. So the problem is either Cygwin or Mintty not clear based on your description which one it would be. – Ramhound – 2015-05-29T12:35:09.903
Thanks for the advice to use the cygwin mailing list. Actually, I read the cygwin documentation carefully and in "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange was mentioned to be a good starting point... I'm going to send my problem description to the cygwin mailing list now. – Richard C – 2015-06-01T14:48:50.870