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Re: Finnish X11 keymap on iMac?



On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Frank Murphy wrote:

> On Sunday 17 August 2003 10:06, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Frank Murphy wrote:
> > > On Saturday 16 August 2003 10:00, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > > > > > > I'd be interested to know what the linux scancodes and X keycodes
> > > > > > > are for these keys on i386 Linux. Are you able to try these on a
> > > > > > > PC? If so, try these commands on both:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > # from the console, then press the <>| and §½¶ keys
> > > > > > > $ showkey -s
> > > > > > > $ showkey -k
> > > > > >
> > > > > > See attached files.
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, I need you to annotate these files. Write in the codes that you
> > > > > get depending on which key you press. Otherwise, it's just guesswork
> > > > > for us.
> > > >
> > > > It's as much guesswork for me.  I press them in the order:  normal,
> > > > shift, altgr.  first lesser/greater/pipe, then paragraph/half/degree.
> > >
> > > Well, you knew the order in which you pressed the keys, I didn't. Try it
> > > again, but this time, only press the <>| (no Shift or Alt) and record the
> > > output (should be a pressed/released pair). Then do the same for §½¶.
> > > Then send the results here labeled with what keys you pressed.
> >
> > Getting those glyphs _require_ usage of shit and altgr,as they are on the
> > same key!
> 
> I'm not interested in the glyphs. I'm interested in the keyboard scancode you 
> get when you press the key.

AH!  That is much more precise.  So, only two keypresses.  OK.  I'll get them
done in the evening.

-- 
Martin-Éric Racine
http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~q-funk/



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