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Re: Supplemental Apple keymap



On Monday 18 August 2003 4:31, Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:35:42 +0200, Frank Murphy wrote:
> > The compose key is Multi_key, which means that to get a
> > key, a combination must be hit. (Multi_key+<,> then <c> for 'ç'). This is
> > supposed to change the Alt_L key to be Mode_switch (which should be what
> > the AltGr <RALT> key does on PC keyboads, which is allow the third glyph
> > on a keyboard to be typed.
>
> 	I guess I'm out of luck here, as the right alt key in the
> iBook keyboard sends the same keycode as the left alt.

Actually, that's part of the general problem. Both Alt keys on your iBook will 
generate Alt_L, but if you press thte fn-key at the same time, they both 
generate Alt_R. So with my corrected map, it should work for you.

> > If you get an error like this again, can you try to figure out why? Try
> > deleting the apple(laptop) piece to see if it is the problem.
>
> 	Will try later... now I have everything working, am afraid of
> changing anything.

Heh, I understand.

Frank



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