Re: swiss german keyboard config needed
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?
> > > > > 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.
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