MacBook Pro (5,3) Keyboard Weirdness

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My MacBook Pro (5,3) works almost completely OOTB (with restricted video and WiFi drivers), but I am experiencing some keyboard weirdness.

Specifically to get either (` and ~) or (´ and ¨) I have to press the key twice. Only these two keys behave this way - every other key mapping works.

Keyboard settings are:

I´ve since discovered that the reason those keys require double presses is that they can be used to add accents to other characters (e.g. áèú). — schwuk, May 11, 2011 at 7:52

coversnail · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-03 15:25:04Z

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Solved by the OP:

I´ve since discovered that the reason those keys require double presses is that they can be used to add accents to other characters (e.g. áèú).

answered May 3, 2012 at 15:25

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george · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-10 12:53:02Z

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xev will give you the key code and its function.

xmodmap can be used to remap them.

answered May 10, 2011 at 12:53

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