Re: new Apple symbols map (exposes kernel buglets?)

[Simon Vallet <eqdar@castalie.org>]

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 19:57:28 +0200
Frank Murphy <murphyf+deb-ppc@f-m.fm> wrote:

> Does your keyboard actually say "Insert" on the key? If so, we may have to 
> reconsider what this key should be mapped to.

Yes it does : it says "inser" and "aide" (french keyboard)

> Mode_switch is used to generate the third- and fourth shift-levels associated 
> with a particular keysym.
> 
> In this case of what to do when pressing the 1 key:
> 
> key <AE01>  { [         1,     exclam,  onesuperior,   exclamdown ] };
> 
> '1' and 'exclam' are generated with 1 and Shift+1. 'onesuperior' and 
> 'exclamdown' are generated with Mode_shift+1 and Mode_shift+Shift+1.

what I got here is :

 key <AE01>  {type="THREE_LEVEL",  [  ampersand,  1,  EuroSign  ] };
(BTW, X doesn't seem very happy with the 'EuroSign' : what is the correct alias ?)
(and this last mapping is arbitrary : I don't have a third symbol engraved on AE keys)

and

key <RALT> {  ISO_Level3_Shift }
modifier_map Mod2 { ISO_Level3_Shift }

> ISO_Level3_Shift is used to shift whole groups, like from Latin to Cyrillic.

I was just thinking the exact opposite (see my other message), but the docs weren't very clear to me, so I may be wrong.