[Bug 72619] kate is using english keyboard layout when CTRL key is pressed

[tchize]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kate

In the French version of kate, the following keystroke are defined in
kate/kwrite menu

ctrl-a: select all
ctrl-q: quit
ctrl-z: undo
ctrl-w: close window


However, when user keyboard is defined like this:

setxkbmap -model pc101 -layout us,be -variant ,nodeadkeys

The a-q and z-w keys are exchanged in kate when CTRL key is down. As a
result i get those effective keystrokes:

ctrl-q: select all
ctrl-a: quit
ctrl-w: undo
ctrl-z: close window

You want to select all document (ctrl-a)? you close kate!
You want to undo a change (ctrl-z)? you close current window!

If i remove the us part of layout (it's a check box named 'include latin
variant' in the kde keyboard config panel) i do not get this behaviour,
but it's not a viable work around, as some characters are then
impossible to make with my keyboard)

This bug does not produce in other applications. In konqueror, for
example, hitting ctrl-a on my keyboard does effectively 'select all'

** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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kate is using english keyboard layout when CTRL key is pressed
https://launchpad.net/bugs/72619