Re: Fix for german keymaps in woody on the ibook2
On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 18:04, Siggi Langauf wrote:
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> On 16 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote:
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> [...]
> > That's not written in stone. ;) Anyway, I checked and the enter key
>
> You're right, but I'm lazy ;)
>
> > indeed produces keycode 96 in console here. Its default symbol in X is
> > KP_Enter, sounds like a good victim, no? :)
>
> Yes, but I already sacrificed it for mouse buttons.
Your problem. ;) Seriously, there's no one-size-fits-all solution to
this problem, much less so when mouse button emulation comes into play.
We have to find a sane default solution which works for most people. The
others will have to find their own solutions.
> It't just perfect for that because it's so close to the touchpad, and
> normal apple keyboards don't seem to have this key, so it's basically
> unused...
That's exactly why it's also a good candidate for Mode_switch. :)
> > > [...]
> > > > I use xmodmap to turn the Enter key (keycode 108) on the right of the
> > > > space bar into Mode_switch and Multi_key.
> > > >
> > > > I wonder if something like this could be a general solution, at least as
> > > > an Xkb option?
> > >
> > > Sounds like a useful solution, but only if you don't multiboot to
> > > MacOS. They're using the "alt" key there, and it can be really irritating
> > > if your Mode_switch position depends on your operating system...
> >
> > I don't like this kind of argument. This is not MacOS, period. I care
> > much more about consistency within Linux or X in general.
>
> Well, consequently, "@" would be AltGR+Q, instead of alt+L.
No, AltGr+L. It's alt+L in MacOS (because it doesn't distinguish alt and
AltGr) and AltGR+Q with a PC keyboard.
> I'm all for intra-linux compatibility here, but as soon as the keys'
> behaviour differs from their labelling, I'd consider that a bug.
Of course, but then where's the key labelled 'AltGr' on an Apple
keyboard?
This solution makes the key labelled 'Enter' behave like 'AltGr', yours
does the same for the one labelled 'alt'. Hence both are buggy. :)
> I guess we don't have to argue here, just provide both flavours and let me
> choose another keymap than yours ;-)
You're right, let's offer the choice between several bugs. ;) I'll try
and cook up something.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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