On Wed, 2001-11-21 at 21:40, Georg Koss wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 09:14:53PM +0100, Veit Waltemath wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 03:50:23PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > Just to make it clear: left alt seems to work for application shortcuts > > > (and VT switching), right alt seems to work as AltGr. > > I think that was the reason for many misunderstandings in the past > with that german keycodes. > > I own two keyboards - the original one I got with my G4 in summer > 2000. The bottom line contains from left to right in the main-block: > > <Ctrl> <alt> <apple> <space> <apple> <cursor-keys> > > followed left by numbers block. > > Then I bought a new one I think in february 2001 which has another design: > > <Ctrl> <alt> <apple> <space> <apple> <alt-gr> <ctrl> > > followed to the left by cursor keys followed left by number-block > > The stuff with german keycodes and linux-keycodes as explained on the > list all the time didn't work with my old but only and without > problems with the new keyboard with the both <alt> _and_ <alt-gr> buttons.
To add even more to the confusion, both this Pismo's and my girlfriend's Cube's keyboards have two identical alt/option keys; they generate the same keycode here but different ones there. My deepest respect for the one who will find a solution which works for all these cases. :) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
