Re: swiss german keyboard config needed
On Thursday 14 August 2003 11:37, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 17:47, Frank Murphy wrote:
> > > > Yeah, the fn-thing isn't so convienient. Do you have another idea for
> > > > getting these? Or if they're even necessary? I know that Alt_R is
> > > > often used for AltGr on European keyboards, but are the others used
> > > > in a standard way?
> > >
> > > Can't think of much else except UAE wanting right ctrl e.g., I thought
> > > of Mode_switch in particular indeed.
> >
> > Actually, the best thing would be to do what Apple does with the keys.
>
> What exactly do you mean by that? Same as in Mac OS? It has very
> different requirements for modifiers, doesn't it?
True. But for AltGr, I imagine that they have a solution that we could copy.
Granted, X has a lot more options, but they aren't all super-popular.
> > > > > > Also, does it matter if X maps a key that doesn't exist on the
> > > > > > installed keyboard?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, you can't use it. :)
> > > >
> > > > Well, yeah. :) But if the key is not really useful (say, Insert), I
> > > > assume there's a minimal penalty for keeping the map around with no
> > > > real need, but I would live if I couldn't use Insert.
> > >
> > > There's also delete, maybe others.
> >
> > True, but does it really matter? AltGr/Mode_switch is pretty important,
> > but, for a default system, Delete and Insert arent all that important, I
> > find.
>
> I use Delete (xmodmapped it to Shift+Backspace) for deleting mail, so
> it's important to me. :) Dunno about the majority of people though.
Fair enough, but in terms of a standard keymap, it's probalbly OK to let users
customize this as they see fit. Depending on which mail client is used,
deleting mail could be mapped to a different key.
But I'm thinking more in terms of default keymaps.
Frank
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