(resent to the list) Thomas Harding wrote: > Hello, > I can't figure out how exactly is done keyboard mapping : > > setxkbmap -print gives me "macintosh/us(extended)+macintosh/fr" > > - If I modify /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/macintoch/fr, eg. replacing "sterling" > by "bar", it works. > - If I modify next position, eg replacing by "asciitilde", it doesn't > works, and continue to produce a "agrave", or "udiaeresis" with > apple+sterling and apple+shift+sterling > > Notice these two characters are normally not as this position in the > config file (correct mapping would be "at" --@-- and "numbersign" > --#-- ). > > It is the same for all exotics characters : mapping doesn't > correspond to what is in the config file. > > If I use xmodmap, this is the same problem : mapping is OK on the > first and second positions, not for the nexts. > > Maybe the apple key is not corresponding to "alt gr"... so where is > mapped the apple key -- while it is not the console mapping? > The key modifiers are Shift, Alt and Shift Alt. No alt gr. I don't know what box you are running, but, just in case, there are french, US and DE keymaps for the apple powerbook, here: http://seehuhn.de/comp/powerbook/#keyboard They try to imit OSX keymap, but there are some lacks. -- Yves-Alexis Perez PS: french osx keymaps http://www.corsac.net/images/200510/keyboard.jpg http://www.corsac.net/images/200510/keyboard-shift.jpg http://www.corsac.net/images/200510/keyboard-alt.jpg http://www.corsac.net/images/200510/keyboard-altshift.jpg
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