Hello marcel, thank you so much for taking the time to address this. I may
try out that patch and let you know what happens , it's probably time I
learned how to compile the virtual machine. In the interim I am still able
to command shift 1/2/3 etc.

On Wed, Jan 12, 2022, 6:33 AM Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:

> Hi all --
>
> > Perhaps it relates to how Squeak is compiled for Linux?
>
> Yes, virtual keys in Linux/Ubuntu/X11 are kind of broken at the moment.
> They are purely derived from X11's (Unicode)-character-input interface,
> which is wrong and does not work for the F-keys. I started to fix this but
> it will take more time. I will continue this after the Squeak 6.0 release:
>
> https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/pull/599
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience. :-/ You can try to apply this patch from PR
> 599, though. Should work. I am still not convinced whether this is the
> right way to implement it. :-)
>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
> Am 11.01.2022 19:06:38 schrieb Martin Kuball <martinkuball at web.de>:
> Hi,
>
> two years ago (2020-05-31) I asked about function keys in squeak. I got the
> answer, that the vm does not support function keys. So, has this changed?
>
> Martin
>
> Am Freitag, 7. Januar 2022, 06:52:14 CET schrieb David O'Toole:
> > The same is true in Squeak trunk (a few days old.) The KeyboardExerciser
> > only captures F11-F12, and as Cmd-. and Cmd-j (see screenshot)
> >
> > Perhaps it relates to how Squeak is compiled for Linux?
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 11:32 PM David O'Toole
> >
> > wrote:
> > > Actually, F11 and F12 produce a response... and
> > > respectively.
> > > I'll have to investigate why this is the case.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 11:25 PM David O'Toole
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >> I am writing a simple tool for binding the F1-F12 keys to one-liner
> > >> Smalltalk expressions to quickly switch projects, toggle last project,
> > >> switch between active SystemWindow instances, and other useful
> commands.
> > >>
> > >> I successfully got my event listener to work, and keyboard events from
> > >> keyDown: successfully print in the Transcript as a test (see lower
> right
> > >> in
> > >> screenshot; code is at center/left in Sandblocks form.)
> > >>
> > >> However, pressing F1-F12 has no effect whatsoever, the system seems
> not
> > >> to send keyDown in that case.
> > >>
> > >> How can I capture these key events? I would greatly appreciate any
> help
> > >> you can offer.
>
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