The/Space/key/does/not/work

[Matthew Flaschen]

Matthew Voss wrote:
> /=space
> The/top/line/summarizes/my/problem/./I/am/putting/these/slashes/to/act/as/spaces/./I/am/using/feisty/./I/have/a/regular/and/a/bluetooth/keyboard/./The/regular/keyboard/is/your/run-of-the-mill/
> 
> Dell/keyboard/./The/bluetooth/keyboard/is/a/Logitech/MX5000/./I/can/tell/Linux/knows/I/pressed/a/key/because/I/set/the/cursor/to/blink/when/I/press/a/key/and/it/does/os/when/I/press/the/SPACE/
> 
> bar/./I/am/in/dier/need/of/help/./I/can't/answer/any/e-mails/or/word/proses/!
> 
> Thanks/in/advance/,

What happens if you run xev from the terminal and press space?

I get:

KeyPress event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
    root 0x3e, subw 0x0, time 4266236520, (447,739), root:(451,761),
    state 0x0, keycode 65 (keysym 0x20, space), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (20) " "
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (20) " "
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
    root 0x3e, subw 0x0, time 4266236596, (447,739), root:(451,761),
    state 0x0, keycode 65 (keysym 0x20, space), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (20) " "

Do you see something similar?

Matt Flaschen