Re: Frech keyboard with xfree

[Alain Perry <sensei@quarkup.org>]

Le mardi 26 octobre 2004 à 10:39 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :

> Well, there is this fr_new keymap floating around, which works some, but has
> two remaining problems :

I'm using this keymap right now under Ubuntu (and usually under Debian).

>   1) it refuses to get loaded all by itself when selecting it in the
>   XF86Config file, you have to xkbset (or whatever it is) it to get it
>   working.

I didn't have to do anything like that to get it working. I just put it
with the other keymaps and modified my XF86Config-4 file.

>   2) metacity has trouble with the alt+tab thingy, i works with the fr one and
>   alt, but not with fr_new and the apple key.

I have no such problem either. I can use alt+tab seamlessly to cycle
through the windows.

> Need time to investigate this, and fix it in a correct manner. The X
> maintainers have not been helpfull on this though, so we are mostly alone on
> this.

If I can help you investigate the reasons for these differences, please
do not hesitate.

-- 
Alain Perry