[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Searching for X11-Keymap german ...



Michael Flaig <mflaig@pro-linux.de> writes:

> On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 09:25:30PM +0000, Hadess wrote:
> > Michael Flaig wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > I'm searching for a german X11-keymap that works fine on the Powerbook Firewire.
> > 
> > There are 2 things that we would need to know to be able to give you a
> > proper keymap:
> > - the version of the kernel, the new input layer appeared in 2.2.17
> > (AFAIK) with some guest appearances in the previous ones.
> > - the version of X, you probably run X4
> 
> Ok ok ...
> 
> I´m running woody ... updated today ... xfree86-common is 4.01 nut the Server
> is still 3.3.6 .
> 
> > 
> > OK, so if you run a kernel > 2.2.17 and X4, you can use PC keymaps, in
> > fact you should *avoid* mac keymaps...
> 
> I´m running the default kernel of the official debian ppc potato
> 
> > 
> > > Has anybody a @ with default keymap?
> > 
> > I have the default US keymap, on a UK kbd, but that's probably not the
> > thing you wanted to hear =P
> > 
> > > I don't understand the X11 keymap concept ...
> > 
> > Each key of your keyboard corresponds a keycode, then you will map each
> > key to an "action", for example: on my kbd, 0x41, the action is
> > Caps_Lock. X (every version) also tries to grab the configuration from
> > the console, with some versions doing better than others...
> 
> this is like console keymap ... i made one for my keyboard.
> And I´ve now disabled xkb and perhaps i get the keymap work with Xmodmap
> 
> But I found no manpages to Xmodmap ...:(
                             ^ 
                             x
 
> > 
> > Type "xmodmap -pk | less" to see the current keytable.
> >
> 
> ok ... thanks ... :)
> 
> -- 
> Michael Flaig ... PROLinux

-- Andre



Reply to: