keyboad emits UTF-8 code (0xCB 0x86) for upper case 6 rather than ASCII (0x5E)

john@ackley.net · 01-13-2023, 11:48 PM

keyboard emits UTF-8 code (0xCB 0x86) for upper case 6 rather than ASCII (0x5E)

all other keys emit ASCII codes as expected!

this causes problems when writing code

how to fix it?
how to see mapping?

Mac Pro Intel Ventura 13.1
apple wireless US keyboard

DavidMcCann · 01-14-2023, 11:39 AM

The keyboard is not emitting ASCII or Unicode, but a scan-code that the keyboard driver translates. Since everything else works, you obviously have the Apple keyboard recognised. The driver should live at

/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/macintosh_vndr/us

and it should contain the line

key <AE06> {[ 6, asciicircum ]};

If it doesn't have "asciicircum" at that point, correct it.

hueljannie · 12-07-2023, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john@ackley.net

keyboard emits UTF-8 code (0xCB 0x86) for upper case 6 rather than ASCII (0x5E)

all other keys emit ASCII codes as expected!

this causes problems when writing code

how to fix it?
how to see mapping? wordle today

Mac Pro Intel Ventura 13.1
apple wireless US keyboard

Instead of standard ASCII or Unicode characters, the keyboard is actually transmitting a scan-code, which the driver uses to decipher. Everything else being equal, it's clear that the Apple keyboard is recognized. It is recommended that the driver resides at

jeniy · 12-07-2023, 10:08 AM

Change input source to "US Extended".
Use Karabiner-Elements to map "6" to "Circumflex".
Use Keyboard Viewer or Karabiner-Elements to see current mapping.

business_kid · 12-07-2023, 10:19 AM

You can also edit your keyboard file manually. The defaults are in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/, but you can overwrite them with files in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols. create if necessary.