Re: xkb-data: Help needed for Macintosh keyboards
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 01:22:03PM +0200, Gabriel Paubert wrote:
> Well, it works more or less. It does not work as I'd like
> on my old Powerbook since Apple changed the order of the
> keys right of the spacebar a few years ago:
>
> - now the keys are: spacebar, Command(Apple), Enter
> - on the old one: spacebar, Enter, Alt(Option)
>
> I have two (indistinguishable, same ADB keycode) keys
> labeled "Alt" used under MacOS to access third and fourth
> level and only one with the Apple logo. Newer keyboards
> are the other way around and the Keypad Enter has moved.
>
> I prefer the old layout since I heavily use the 3rd/4th level
> (need to type english, spanish and french) combination and map
> the Apple/Command key as Meta (so the mapping is similar to
> MacOS). But I shall manage.
Please write ASCII-art as in
http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2006/08/msg00361.html
to give detailed informations about your keys, that should be clearer ;)
> Nevertheless, it is an improvement over the old situation
> when most of the 3rd/4th level symbols did not match the
> ones printed on the keys.
>
> I've been unable to match MacOS and have something that works
> under emacs: ideally I'd like to use both Alt keys as level3
> (option lv3:alt_switch does it, but both Alt keys then set
> both Modifiers 1 and 5, and emacs does not allow me to type
> 3rd/4th symbols).
Both Alt keys have the same keycodes, so they cannot be distinguished.
IIRC their keycode is the one of Alt_L, and Alt_R can be obtained with
Fn key.
I just filed
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8572
about ISO_Level3_Shift being bound to Mod1 and Mod5.
> I'd also like to use both Apple/Command keys as Alt/Meta
> (modifier1, not 4), this works under emacs with option
> altwin:meta_win but not under other apps that insist
> (as I understand it) on checking for Modifier 1. I don't
> understand eiher why the meta_win insists on mapping the
> alt_* keys and giving them modifier 1. There may be a reason
> but it escapes me.
There is indeed a bug, I just filed
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8571
You can apply the patch found in this bugreport (take care that it has to
be reverted!)
> On my old laptop, the Menu key actually exists, it
> is Fn+Enter, but not on the new one. This is an easy to
> fix kernel bug, but there no menu key on Apple desktop
> keyboards (they have 3 keys right of the spacebar, instead
> of 4 on PC104/PC105 keyboards).
I do not understand what you say about this Menu key, sorry.
Denis
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