On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 09:33:37AM +0200, Sebastian Henschel wrote: > * Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> [2004-06-02 09:02 +0200]: > > 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. Ah; I didn't know that. > 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. Fn+<key> is implemented in hardware; there is no way to change it or disable it that I know of. A good way to find out what's done in hardware is to use the "xev" X client (from xbase-clients) or the "showkey" command at the Linux virtual console. > anyway, your british keymap works when you know which RALT is. thank you > very much. :) Glad to hear it! [...] > > You're looking for a file called "group", with a section "switch", as > > pasted above. > > okay, found it. Good! Thanks for your help figuring out what's going on with UK Macintosh keyboards. :) -- G. Branden Robinson | The more ridiculous a belief Debian GNU/Linux | system, the higher the probability branden@debian.org | of its success. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Wayne R. Bartz
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