Re: keyboard HOWTO
Subject: Re: keyboard HOWTO
Date: Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 05:45:06PM +0200
In reply to:Joost Kooij
Quoting Joost Kooij(joost@topaz.mdcc.cx):
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 05:39:05PM +0200, Ionel Mugurel Ciobica wrote:
> > In Keyboard HOWTO I found this:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > 8.5. Composing symbols
> >
> > One symbol may be constructed using several keystrokes.
> >
> > o LeftAlt-press, followed by a decimal number typed on the keypad,
> > followed by LeftAlt-release, yields the symbol with code given by
> > this number. (In Unicode mode this same mechanism, but then with 4
> > hexadecimal digits, may be used to define a Unicode symbol.)
> >
> > ...
> >
> > I have tried LeftAlt with numbers from keypad and the others,
> > I tried RightAlt, windows keys, menu key, anything else I could
> > imagine. If press LeftAlt key and I type 123 and then I release
> > LeftAlt I don't get {, but instead I get 123 in the same time I
> > type it not after I release the LeftAlt key.
> >
> > I would like to know if this feature is working for someone
> > on the list.
>
> If numlock is on, it works here on the console. If not, not.
> How it is done in X11 I don't know.
>
Works here with or without numlock, on the console.
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