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  Msg # 497 of 512 on ZZLI4427, Wednesday 10-14-25, 11:24  
  From: SAMUEL THIBAULT  
  To: ALL  
  Subj: Bug#1117976: console-setup: Keyboard lev  
 XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist 
 From: sthibault@debian.org 
  
 Samuel Thibault, le mar. 14 oct. 2025 23:18:28 +0200, a ecrit: 
 > Samuel Thibault, le mar. 14 oct. 2025 22:59:31 +0200, a ecrit: 
 > > Rimas Kudelis, le lun. 13 oct. 2025 09:41:08 +0300, a ecrit: 
 > > XKBOPTIONS="grp:lalt_lshift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" 
 > > 
 > > (two additional 'l' to enable only alt-shift and not altgr-shift) 
 > > 
 > > I'll commit something to make keyboard-configuration automatically set 
 > > this. 
 > 
 > Looking more into it, it's really not easy. We cannot easily know 
 > whether the layout will include level3(ralt_switch), and so if ralt will 
 > be allocated to something. 
 > 
 > The base problem is that we have a default configuration that leads to 
 > a conflicting request: ralt+rshift to toggle group, and ralt to switch 
 > level3. 
 > 
 > I'm thinking that the default configuration should only enable 
 > lalt+lshift for toggling group, 
  
 I have pushed it to master, for people to try out before we upload. 
  
 Samuel 
  
 > so that ralt+rshift can either remain 
 > the default Meta_R or level3 switch, depending on the layout, without 
 > conflicting with group toggle. That way, only people explictly 
 > requesting alt+shift (i.e. both lalt+lshift) will risk getting the 
 > conflict if they don't realize that it conflicts with they level3 
 > switch. 
  
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