On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:26:14PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:12:08PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > And it shouldn't make both keys work the same. They never have > > worked the same for me. One is a Left Alt, the other a Right Alt. > > > > > > It seems I need to select the "Right Alt" option to make my > > > > keyboard work like it used to again. I didn't have any kind > > > > of configuration before. > > Now I see -- most traditional keyboard layouts are defining the right > Alt as AltGr (including the default one). In the past console-setup did > the same but there were some complaints from American users who did not > like this behaviour.
I see no good reason for that. > So now by default for 'us' layout both Alts are > equal. You are right -- you have to point the right Alt as AltGr key if > you want the old behaviour. Alternatively you can use the Alt+Shift > combination instead of AltGr. [...] > > Yet, some key combinations work differently depeding on wether you use > > the left or the right alt key. > > > > Some of those are: > > left alt + numeric keys: Type char in decimal notation > > right alt + numeric keys: Type char in hex notation > > left alt + F1-12: Switch to vc 1-12 > > right alt + F1-12: Switch to vc 13-24 > > left alt acts like the meta key, the right alt does't. > > I suppose all these are working if in the configuration of console-setup > you select the right Alt to be AltGr? If not, this is a bug that needs > a fix. You can not select AltGr. It asks for an AltGr replacement, and you can select: No AltGr key Right Alt Right Control Right Logo key Menu key Left Alt Left Logo key Keypad Enter key Both Logo keys Both Alt keys And I think "No AltGr key" and "Left Alt" are actually the same option. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
