No support for dvorak (or supposedly others) keyboard layout

[casperravenhorst]

On macOS, this app takes its inputs from scancodes, not letting the OS translate them to the (ascii?) codes as usual for other apps. Not sure if supporting multiple keyboard layouts is doable, but a lot of countries probably use (if only slightly, see france germany etc) different layouts.

[whyboris]

Confirming that I can't use Dvorak on macOS -- cool-retro-term disregards my current keyboard layout (switching back and forth the layout setting doesn't affect the terminal).

[whyboris]

Looks like the situation is a bit worse -- I'm on macOS with Dvorak layout turned on:
When I use the keyboard's asdf keys it types asdf characters in the terminal (sort-of expected since cool-retro-term can't use Dvorak yet),
but when I press the comma or a period (, or . ) keys, w, and v appear (the characters I'd expect if Dvorak was working).
Unsure if it's partially good news -- but it also means I can't access , or . in cool-retro-term 😕
When I switch to the standard QWERTY layout on the Mac, I can successfully type in the , and . characters using the default keyboard keys.

I wonder if it's getting fixed with this PR: #446 (see line 1027 and 1033)

[whyboris]

Is getting the Dvorak keyboard layout just a matter of adding some file here: https://github.com/Swordfish90/qmltermwidget/tree/master/lib/kb-layouts ?
If that's all it takes, I'm willing to create a file (provided I get a little guidance about how things work)

[whyboris]

Unbelievably -- today I launched the app by accident and it is working with Dvorak!!! 🎉
No idea why this difference. But very exciting!

[cascassette]

Not here. What did you do?

[whyboris]

The app hasn't been updated, so it might be some weird combination of settings.
I now suspect it might have something to do with the login screen on Mac:
Mac has a bug that when you are on Dvorak, the login screen might still be on QWERTY and vice versa -- they are independent. I'll play around and if I figure something out -- I'll share here. As of now I'm unsure.

[bayabyum]

Even weirder... I'm using Programmer Dvorak (also on Mac), and I get QWERTY with all the letter keys, but it uses Programmer Dvorak for the number keys. And it can use Hangul (the Korean alphabet) just fine if I switch the layout to Korean. It never did anything like this on Linux.

[dessalines]

I can verify that dvorak is working fine on linux.

[whyboris]

I'm on cool-retro-term version 1.1.1 and even though my Mac is set to Dvorak the home keys are asdf and jkls (QWERTY layout except for the : which ends up as s ⚠️ ).

Similarly the <, >, and ? get mapped to w, v, and z (as a Dvorak layout would).

So I get neither QWERTY nor DVORAK. The problem goes away and I get full QWERTY when I switch the computer setting to the QWERTY layout, but I can't get Dvorak support 😢

I would love for Dvorak to be supported.

Is it straight-forward to add the support? I'm willing to open a PR if someone could point me in the direction of how to fix things.

[wasp604]

What bothers me the most is that a previous version of CRT did support Dvorak, but since I updated to 1.1.1 it forces me to use QWERTY. If an update broke Dvorak, it should be easy enough to undo it, no?

I am on an iMac, by the way.

Confirmed: version 1.0.1 has full Dvorak support, and 1.1.0 does not.

[lraulin]

Programmer Dvorak works on 1.0.1 too!

[justinmayer]

I can confirm that using cool-retro-term 1.1.1 with the Colemak keyboard layout setting (System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources > Colemak) on macOS 10.13.6 yields the incorrect behavior described in this issue — QWERTY appears to be used instead. Downgrading to cool-retro-term 1.0.1 restores the correct behavior, with the Colemak layout yielding the correct characters.

[mblarsen]

Ditto everything with Colemak 1.0.1 is working 1.1.1 isn't

[Swordfish90]

Are you able to reproduce this issue with the latest upstream version? I'm trying to figure out if it's a regression CRT side.
https://github.com/lxqt/qtermwidget

[justinmayer]

@Swordfish90: I visited the repo link you posted but have no idea what it is or how exactly I would use it on macOS to reproduce the issue.

[TheGrandmother]

I'm having this issue as well with a custom keyboard layout enabled via setxkbmap.
Although for me it works if i run setxkbmap in cool-retro-terminal

[find1dream]

Temporary solutions for using programmer dvorak (or others) on Mac os:

1. Choose your keyboard input source as Australian (Depending on your keyboard, you should try another one if the result is not desired. )
2. Install Karabiner-elements
3. Import programmer dvorak from https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/complex_modifications/?q=programmer
4. Enjoy

[g012]

Well I'm using karabiner and an uncommon layout. The keys of the layout work fine, but I have some combinations, such as fn + ijkl mapped to arrows, and for ijkl keys it does input ijkl instead of the expected cstn in my layout. Weird (and unusable). Same for my keys which have a secondary mapping with right cmd + key (asdf, etc.).