hello again.. * Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> [2004-05-31 19:13 +0200]: > I think I've got it now. mostly, though i believe it is a user error now.. > All you'll need is this for configuration. > > XkbRules xfree86 > XkbModel macintosh > XkbLayout gb > > I realized that U.K. Macintosh people are already going to need a way to > type the EuroSign as engraved, so people are going to have to learn > about a "Mode Switch" or "AltGr" key no matter what. > > So I went ahead and treated the number sign as a simple unengraved > alternate group keycap, which is probably what everybody wanted in the > first place. > > I've tested this on my own keyboard and it seems to do what I expect. the question is, which should be the key to "mode switch" / "altgr" in your configuration? the apple (lwin) key? > Please let me know if it does what *you* expect. [...] > xkb_symbols "basic" { > > // Describe the differences between a U.S. Extended Macintosh keyboard > // and a U.K. Extended Macintosh keyboard. > > name[Group1]="Great Britain"; > > key <TLDE> { [ section, plusminus ] }; > key <AE02> { [], > [ EuroSign ] }; > key <AE03> { [ 3, sterling ], > [ numbersign ] }; > key <LSGT> { [ quoteleft, asciitilde ] }; > > include "group(switch)" > }; actually, i cannot find the file "switch" in my current installation. well, i do not know if such a file _should_ exist, anyway. :) so i have to map LWIN to do Mode_switch (and Multi_key when shifted)) in the file "gb" directly to make it work. which package should "switch" be in? i am currently with many xfree packages from testing (dfsg.1-1) and the following from unstable (dfsg.1-4): x-window-system, x-window-system-core, xbase-clients, xfree86-common, xlibs, xlibs-data, xterm, xutils. thanks, sebastian -- ::: .O. ::: ..O ::: OOO ::: lynx -source http://www.kodeaffe.de/shensche.pub | gpg --import
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