Accent keys/tilde keys ignored in urxvt

Question

I've recently been noticing a problem when using vim.  On the DE layout there's a tilde key that can be reached by hitting "alt gr" and "+", which works fine in my terminal, firefox, etc. (It's a "dead key", thus requiring a double-press, but I don't mind that at all), and my accent key (` and ´) is available without a modifier key (again, it works in most programs). 
However, in Vim (and Nano as well - but otherwise no other applications show this behaviour), neither key results in a character.  I can use the ctrl+k method in vim and copying/pasting the character works as well, but this seems kind of pointless to me, since I have the keys on my keyboard (and they worked previously).  It's as if the keypress is ignored entirely (such as loading a 102 key layout for a 104 key keyboard results in "empty" keys).
Would this be a setting in my zshrc or my vimrc, or is this a locales problem?  Or did Vim simply change that functionality in an update?
I'm unsure of where I should look for a solution and googling for results hasn't yet returned a working solution.  On a possibly related note, I have also noticed that my middle-mouse-key copy and paste has stopped working from urxvt.  I can highlight the text and paste it within the same terminal, but I can't paste it into, for example, Firefox.  The only change I remember making before I noticed this problem popping up is the fact that I configured SCIM.
I've tried to include as much information as I found relevant, but I will happily provide any more information that may be required.
More information:
.vimrc
filetype on
" Variables
set showmatch
set softtabstop=2
set expandtab
set incsearch
set backspace=2
set ignorecase
set comments=sl:/*,mb:*,elx:*/
set number
set pdev=Cups-PDF
set printoptions=paper:A4,syntax:y,wrap:y
set encoding=utf8
"Keyboard Shortcuts
nmap <C-l> :set invnumber <CR>
noremap <C-B> yiW<End>=<C-R>=<C-R>0<CR>
imap <S-CR> <CR><CR>end<Esc>-cc
inoremap <s-tab> <c-d>
noremap <Space> <PageDown>
noremap <BS> <PageUp>
noremap - <PageUp>
nmap <c-s> :w<CR>
imap <C-F> {<CR>}<C-O>O
"Syntax Highlighting
set background=dark
syntax enable
colorscheme lswest
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.rhtml set syn=eruby
autocmd BufRead ~/.mutt/temp/mutt* :source ~/.vim/mail.vimrc
.zshrc
autoload colors; colors
autoload -U url-quote-magic
zle -N self-insert url-quote-magic
##RPROMPT="%{$fg[red]%}[%{$fg[cyan]%}%* on %D%{$fg[red]%}]%{$reset_color%}" # Prompt for right side of screen
# prompt (if running screen, show window #)
if [ x$WINDOW != x ]; then
# [5:lswest@lswest-laptop:~]
export PS1="%{$fg[white]%}┌─[%{$fg[cyan]%}$WINDOW%{$fg[white]%}:%{$fg[green]%}%n%{$fg[cyan]%}@%{$fg[green]%}%m%{$fg[white]%}:%{$fg[yellow]%}%~%{$fg[white]%}]%{$fg[yellow]%}-%{$fg[red]%}[%{$fg[cyan]%}%*%{$fg[red]%}]%{$reset_color%}%{$reset_color%}"$'\n'"%{$fg[white]%}└─>%{$reset_color%} "
else
# [lswest@lswest-laptop:~]
export PS1="%{$fg[white]%}┌─[%{$fg[green]%}%n%{$fg[cyan]%}@%{$fg[green]%}%m%{$fg[white]%}:%{$fg[yellow]%}%~%{$fg[white]%}]%{$fg[yellow]%}-%{$fg[red]%}[%{$fg[cyan]%}%*%{$fg[red]%}]%{$reset_color%}%{$reset_color%}"$'\n'"%{$fg[white]%}└─>%{$reset_color%} "
fi
export RPRMOPT="%{$reset_color%}"
# format titles for screen and rxvt
function title() {
# escape '%' chars in $1, make nonprintables visible
a=${(V)1//\%/\%\%}
# Truncate command, and join lines.
a=$(print -Pn "%40>...>$a" | tr -d "\n")
case $TERM in
screen*)
print -Pn "\ek$a:$3\e\\" # screen title (in ^A")
xterm*|rxvt*)
##print -Pn "\e]0;$USER@$HOSTNAME: $PWD\007"
##print -Pn "\e]2;$2 | $a:$3\a" # plain xterm title
precmd() { print -Pn "\e]0;%m:%~\a" }
preexec () { print -Pn "\e]0;$1\a" }
esac
# precmd is called just before the prompt is printed
function precmd() {
title "zsh" "$USER@%m" "%55<...<%~"
# preexec is called just before any command line is executed
function preexec() {
title "$1" "$USER@%m" "%35<...<%~"
# Lines configured by zsh-newuser-install
HISTFILE=~/.histfile
HISTSIZE=1000
SAVEHIST=1000
setopt extendedglob
bindkey -e
# End of lines configured by zsh-newuser-install
# The following lines were added by compinstall
zstyle :compinstall filename '/home/lswest/.zshrc'
autoload -Uz compinit
compinit
# End of lines added by compinstall
#alias
alias ls="ls -la --classify --color=always"
alias rsync="rsync -h --progress"
##Set some keybindings
typeset -g -A key
bindkey '^?' backward-delete-char
bindkey '^[[7~' beginning-of-line
bindkey '^[[5~' up-line-or-history
bindkey '^[[3~' delete-char
bindkey '^[[8~' end-of-line
bindkey '^[[6~' down-line-or-history
bindkey '^[[A' up-line-or-search
bindkey '^[[D' backward-char
bindkey '^[[B' down-line-or-search
bindkey '^[[C' forward-char
bindkey '^[[2~' overwrite-mode
export LC_CTYPE="en_US.utf8"
#export QT_PLUGIN_PATH="$QT_PLUGIN_PATH:/opt/lib32/usr/lib/qt/plugins"
alias trayer="trayer --edge top --expand true --widthtype request --height 28 --SetDockType true --transparent true --alpha 255 --align right"
alias sbb="sudo bauerbill"
alias bb="bauerbill"
alias linode="ssh [email protected]"
alias sockLin="ssh -D 8080 [email protected]"
##custom functions
m4a(){
if [[ "$1" != "" && "$#" == 2 ]]; then
#check if files exist
if [ -e "$1" ]; then
#convert audio
ffmpeg -i "$1" "$2"
else
echo "File "$1" doesn't exist!"
fi
if [ ! -d "$HOME/Music/m4a" ]; then
mkdir $HOME/Music/m4a
fi
#move the .m4a file to the m4a folder if the files exist in the current directory
if [ -e "$2" ]; then
mv "$1" $HOME/Music/m4a/"`echo "$2"|sed 's/mp3/m4a/'`"
echo "m4a file was moved to the ~/Music folder"
mv "$2" $HOME/Music/
echo "Moved the mp3 to the ~/Music folder"
else
echo "File "$2" doesn't exist!"
fi
else
echo "Invalid arguments (or too few/many), please run this script with \"m4a <input> <output>\""
fi
# Convert Flash video to MP3
flvmp3() {
ffmpeg -i $1 -ar 44100 -ab 192k -ac 2 $2
export EDITOR="vim"
export BROWSER="firefox"
#Google from CLI
# go to google for anything
google() {
local term="$*"
[ -z "$term" ] && term="$(xclip -o)"
local URL="http://www.google.com/search?q=${term// /+}"
$BROWSER "$URL" &>/dev/null &
export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome
export DE=xfce
#set up the mail environment variable
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/lswest && export MAIL
Last edited by lswest (2010-10-03 08:43:50)

Answer 1

*EDIT* I just checked in Sakura and Vim registers and displays tilde after double-presses, and accents need to be completed with a space (not a big deal for me).  Now I just need to figure out why rxvt-unicode isn't doing the same.  Any suggestions on where to start?
*EDIT #2* The issue is occurring in urxvt itself now (I could swear it was working before though, but I have no concrete evidence of that fact).  Probably means it's related to my rxvt configuration somehow (and the middle-mouse copy/paste not working is probably also related).  I've updated the title to reflect this.
relevant section of my .Xdefaults:
URxvt*preeditType: OnTheSpot,None
URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,matcher,xim-onthespot
URxvt.urlLauncher: firefox
URxvt.matcher.button: 1
urxvt*font: xft:Inconsolata:size=10:antialias=true:autohint=true
urxvt*termName: rxvt-unicode
urxvt*internalBorder: 1
urxvt*loginShell: true
urxvt*background: [70]#000000
urxvt*foreground: white
urxvt*transparent: 1
urxvt*colorMode: on
urxvt*cursorBlink: 0
urxvt*depth: 32
urxvt*color0: #000000
urxvt*color1: #9e1828
urxvt*color2: #aece92
urxvt*color3: #968a38
urxvt*color4: #414171
urxvt*color5: #963c59
urxvt*color6: #418179
urxvt*color7: #bebebe
urxvt*color8: #666666
urxvt*color9: #cf6171
urxvt*color10: #c5f779
urxvt*color11: #fff796
urxvt*color12: #4186be
urxvt*color13: #cf9ebe
urxvt*color14: #71bebe
urxvt*color15: #ffffff
urxvt*fading: 40
urxvt*tintColor: white
urxvt*shading: 0
urxvt*inheritPixmap: 0
urxvt*scrollBar: 0
urxvt*geometry: 81x22
urxvt*saveLines:1000
I appreciate the reply again.
The double-press works in DWM (my WM of choice on my PC) and AwesomeWM (on my laptop, which is also experiencing the same issue) in all applications besides the two I mentioned above.  I've also tried it by ending it with a space, a letter (i.e. n after tilde, or e after an accent) and it results in just the letter (n or e) in Nano/Vim.  The terminal is rxvt-unicode (not the 256 color one from AUR).
My machines are both 64bit setups.
On a side-note, is there any way to check if keypresses are being registered in Vim? (i.e. a way to see the keysym).
relevant section of my rc.conf:
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="GMT+2"
KEYMAP="de"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
Setting my keymap in X:
xorg.conf
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "keyboard0"
Driver "evdev"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection
Last edited by lswest (2010-10-03 08:42:54)