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On a tablet running Windows 8.1 I installed Cygwin 2.0.0 64.

Unfortunately I have issues using the on-screen (virtual) keyboard with Alt-Gr keys from within mintty.

Example: In Germany to get to the @ character you have to press Alt-Grq.

This, however, doesn't work in mintty using the on-screen keyboard. Instead of @ it produces the sequence ESC CTL-Q.

When I start bash from a Windows CMD terminal the @ works nicely. It also works when I use a real keyboad connected through USB.

The problem only exists when using a mintty window and the on-screen keyboard.

Does anybody have any advice?

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  • Have you reported the problems to the mintty community?
    – Ramhound
    May 29, 2015 at 12:28
  • No, actually I wasn't aware that mintty has it's own community...
    – Richard C
    May 29, 2015 at 12:29
  • From cygwin.com/lists.html "cygwin In general, you should send questions and bug reports here". Most of the cygwin developers/maintainers hang out on this mailing list.
    – DavidPostill
    May 29, 2015 at 12:33
  • Somebody wrote mintty. My suggestion is to report the behavior to whom ever is responsible for updating mintty since the its pretty clear the problem is a conflict between the on-screen keyboard and minty. So the problem is either Cygwin or Mintty not clear based on your description which one it would be.
    – Ramhound
    May 29, 2015 at 12:35
  • Thanks for the advice to use the cygwin mailing list. Actually, I read the cygwin documentation carefully and in "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange was mentioned to be a good starting point... I'm going to send my problem description to the cygwin mailing list now.
    – Richard C
    Jun 1, 2015 at 14:48

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