Re: xkb-data: Help needed for Macintosh keyboards
On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 08:23:13PM +0200, Yannick Roehlly wrote:
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> On my ibook, it's a little different: the two apple keys have the same 115
> keycode (but my apple usb keyboard makes the difference between the two 115
> and 116 apple keys.
>
> The fn key gives access to additional keycodes:
> Here are my keycodes:
>
> .------.-----.------.--------------.-------.----.
> | Ctrl | Alt | Apple | space | Apple | ^ |
> `------^-----^------^--------------^-------^----'
> keycodes 37 64 115 65 115 108
> name Ctrl_L Alt_L Super_L space Super_L KP_Enter
> +fn keycodes 109 113 116 116 117
> +fn name Ctrl_R ISO_ Super_R Super_R Menu
> Level3_Shift
>
> > I tried ISO_Level3_Shift and it acts as the Mode_Switch I had with my
> > previous keymap. That is, I can access |\ etc... with this key + shift.
>
> Here it's possible with the usb keyboard but is very weird with the ibook
> keyboard. For instance, if I want to make a | (shit + ISO_Level3_Shift + l)
> I have to do "fn + shift + alt" release "fn + shit" while maintaining alt
> and do a l. ;-)
If you set XkbModel to 'ibook', the small Enter key (keycode 108) becomes
ISO_Level3_Shift.
> There's also the problem of the lack of multi-key (for instance if you want
> to make a �See compose:* options in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst
Denis
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