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   Alma Madeleine to All   
   Bug#1100579: switching the keyboard layo   
   22 Feb 26 02:20:01   
   
   From: AlMa1@ro.ru   
      
   Switching the keyboard layout is too slow for me, too. I use the key   
   combination LeftWin+Space to switch between 4 layouts. During switching, other   
   keystrokes get eaten up. For example, when I switch (from another encoding) to   
   German and immediately    
   start pressing (and releasing) the keys in the top letter row of the keyboard   
   from left to right, skipping the leftmost Tab key, I get   
      
   tzuiopü+   
      
   The top letter keys in German are “qwertzuiopü+”. So 4 keys, “qwer”,   
   have been eaten away. In testing some real words that I'm used to typing   
   quickly, I get “wing” when typing “following” (5 letters have been   
   eaten) and nothing when    
   typing “usually” (the whole word of 7 letters has been eaten). This issue   
   results in reduced productivity, especially when working in a terminal (xterm,   
   gnome-terminal, …) with file names in a non-Latin encoding, as you have to   
   switch between a    
   Latin layout (for shell commands and their non-filename options) and the   
   alternative non-Latin layout (for file names), sometimes many times a minute.   
      
   Please fix this.   
      
   I don't care about whether a switching OSD screen pops up, but I do care about   
   seeing the current-layout indicator (for me, in the status area on the right   
   in the top bar).   
      
   Versions:   
   linux-image-6.12.73+deb13-amd64 6.12.73-1   
   gnome-shell 48.7-0+deb13u1   
   gnome 1:48+2   
   xorg 1:7.7+24+deb13u1   
   xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.16-1.3+deb13u1   
   server-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.18-1   
   libdrm-nouveau2 2.4.124-2   
   gdm3 48.0-2   
   gir1.2-mutter-16 48.7-0+deb13u1   
   libmutter-16-0 48.7-0+deb13u1   
   mutter-common 48.7-0+deb13u1   
   mutter-common-bin 48.7-0+deb13u1   
   mutter is not installed   
   libxkbcommon0 1.7.0-2   
   x11-xkb-utils 7.7+9   
      
   Gratefully!   
   Alma   
      
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