diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
index f210ddf82e..58bd3472a7 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2002-08-25  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
+
+	* qlkey.h: add A-Z into string_to_qkey
+
+	* QLyXKeySym.h:
+	* QLyXKeySym.C: remove crap again
+ 
 2002-08-25  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
 
 	* QLyXKeySym.h:
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/QLyXKeySym.C b/src/frontends/qt2/QLyXKeySym.C
index 28218ed65d..abc2524798 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/QLyXKeySym.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/QLyXKeySym.C
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ void QLyXKeySym::set(QKeyEvent * ev)
 {
 	key_ = ev->key();
 	text_ = ev->text(); 
-	ascii_ = ev->ascii();
 }
  
 
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ void QLyXKeySym::init(string const & symbolname)
 {
 	key_ = string_to_qkey(symbolname);
 	text_ = symbolname.c_str();
-	ascii_ = 0;
 	lyxerr[Debug::KEY] << "Init key to " << key_ << ", " << text_ << endl;
 }
 
@@ -54,39 +52,13 @@ bool QLyXKeySym::isModifier() const
 }
 
 
-// This is one ALMIGHTY hack. When you press C-S-z, you get
-// "Press key 90 text "?", ascii "26"
-// where text is meaningless. So we check specifically
-// for this case ! (90 is 'Z')
-// We also check against 0 for when we're comparing
-// against a stored binding. 
-bool QLyXKeySym::is_qt_bogon() const
-{
-	if (ascii_ == 0)
-		return false;
-	return (ascii_ < 27 && !text_.isEmpty());
-} 
- 
- 
-char QLyXKeySym::debogonify() const
-{
-	return 'A' + ascii_ - 1;
-}
-
-
 string QLyXKeySym::getSymbolName() const
 {
 	string sym(qkey_to_string(key_));
 
-	// deal with "A", "a" properly
 	if (sym.empty()) {
 		lyxerr[Debug::KEY] << "sym empty in getSymbolName()" << endl;
- 
-		if (is_qt_bogon()) {
-			sym = debogonify();
-		} else {
-			sym = text_.latin1();
-		}
+		sym = text_.latin1();
 	}
 	lyxerr[Debug::KEY] << "getSymbolName() -> " << sym << endl;
 	return sym;
@@ -96,11 +68,6 @@ string QLyXKeySym::getSymbolName() const
 char QLyXKeySym::getISOEncoded() const
 {
 	lyxerr[Debug::KEY] << "getISO returning " << text_.latin1()[0] << endl;
-
-	if (is_qt_bogon()) {
-		return debogonify();
-	}
- 
 	return text_.latin1()[0]; 
 }
  
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/QLyXKeySym.h b/src/frontends/qt2/QLyXKeySym.h
index 538e81fad6..da3f6d0583 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/QLyXKeySym.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/QLyXKeySym.h
@@ -58,18 +58,10 @@ public:
 	virtual bool operator==(LyXKeySym const & k) const;
 
 private:
-	/// return true if bogon (see source)
-	bool is_qt_bogon() const;
-
-	/// return the fixed bogon (see source)
-	char debogonify() const;
- 
 	/// the Qt sym value
 	int key_;
 	/// the event string value 
 	QString text_;
-	/// hack-o-rama
-	int ascii_; 
 };
 
 #endif // QLYXKEYSYM_H
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/qlkey.h b/src/frontends/qt2/qlkey.h
index 59365ea183..8048e80a0d 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/qlkey.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/qlkey.h
@@ -117,6 +117,32 @@ int string_to_qkey(string const & str)
 	if (str == "greater") return Qt::Key_Greater;
 	if (str == "question") return Qt::Key_Question;
 	if (str == "at") return Qt::Key_At;
+	if (str == "A") return Qt::Key_A;
+	if (str == "B") return Qt::Key_B;
+	if (str == "C") return Qt::Key_C;
+	if (str == "D") return Qt::Key_D;
+	if (str == "E") return Qt::Key_E;
+	if (str == "F") return Qt::Key_F;
+	if (str == "G") return Qt::Key_G;
+	if (str == "H") return Qt::Key_H;
+	if (str == "I") return Qt::Key_I;
+	if (str == "J") return Qt::Key_J;
+	if (str == "K") return Qt::Key_K;
+	if (str == "L") return Qt::Key_L;
+	if (str == "M") return Qt::Key_M;
+	if (str == "N") return Qt::Key_N;
+	if (str == "O") return Qt::Key_O;
+	if (str == "P") return Qt::Key_P;
+	if (str == "Q") return Qt::Key_Q;
+	if (str == "R") return Qt::Key_R;
+	if (str == "S") return Qt::Key_S;
+	if (str == "T") return Qt::Key_T;
+	if (str == "U") return Qt::Key_U;
+	if (str == "V") return Qt::Key_V;
+	if (str == "W") return Qt::Key_W;
+	if (str == "X") return Qt::Key_X;
+	if (str == "Y") return Qt::Key_Y;
+	if (str == "Z") return Qt::Key_Z;
 	if (str == "a") return Qt::Key_A;
 	if (str == "b") return Qt::Key_B;
 	if (str == "c") return Qt::Key_C;