Dwm and non-english keyboard layouts problem

Hi all,
I am using dwm 5.5. I'm Greek so I change between keyboard layouts all the time,
see the relevant xorg.conf section:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,gr"
Option "XkbVariant" ","
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
EndSection
Now the thing is that whenever I switch to Greek (by pressing Alt+Shift) the
dwm tags (1,2,...,9) are not clickable (keyboard shortcuts do work
though, so it's not a very big problem).
Do you have any ideas about how to fix that behavior? I'd go to the dwm irc
channel and ask them, but I'll be a "newbie asking stupid questions" so I
preferred to ask here
Thanks in advance
Last edited by geo909 (2010-01-08 17:23:29)

thayer wrote:Your best bet would be to post your problem to the dwm mailing list:
[email protected]
Will do...
Thanks!

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