hello...
* Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> [2004-06-02 09:02 +0200]:
> On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 06:01:54PM +0200, Sebastian Henschel wrote:
> > * Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> [2004-05-31 19:13 +0200]:
> > > 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?
>
> Well, that's the downside to this solution. You have to know by
> convention or by reading XKB configuration, as Macintosh keyboards are
> not engraved with any such keycap.
so you do not know either? playing around, i found out that fn+alt seems
to be RALT. note that it is important to hit fn first.
though i personally do not like it that much this way. this might not be
part of your responsibilities, but the default configuration of the
keyboard is to use alt+fn to use the F-keys, where it is important to hit
alt first. this is a tad irritating.
anyway, your british keymap works when you know which RALT is. thank you
very much. :)
> $ cat /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/group
>
> // $Xorg: group,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:43 cpqbld Exp $
> // using the group(switch) map, the right alt key temporarily chooses
> // the second keyboard group (until it is released).
> //
> // $XFree86: xc/programs/xkbcomp/symbols/group,v 3.8 2003/01/20 03:48:39 dawes Exp $
> partial modifier_keys
> xkb_symbols "switch" {
> key <RALT> {
> symbols[Group1]= [ Mode_switch, Multi_key ],
> virtualMods= AltGr
> };
> };
> [...]
>
> So it's the right Alt key by default.
>
> > 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.
>
> You're looking for a file called "group", with a section "switch", as
> pasted above.
okay, found it.
bye,
sebastian
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