On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 18:58, Krisztian Mark Szentes wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 June 2003 01:45, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 00:07, Krisztian Mark Szentes wrote: > > > Whoever is the maintainer for X (Mr. Dänzer?), you could perhaps > > > include a new keymap variant like xfree86/macintosh/de/pc-like where > > > there is an AltGR key. > > > > An addition to /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/alt or something might be better. > > > > Anyway, don't expect any work from me in this area, except maybe helping > > to get patches integrated. > thanks for the hand you give us. I would get into it but I did not find the > documentation for the keymaps in XFree86. > > The /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/alt seems to be a good place but I do not know its > syntax.
The best source of information about Xkb I know is http://www.tsu.ru/~pascal/en/xkb/ . > All I need is: > keycode 108 = Mode_switch > > It should be something like this: > > // make the Keypad Enter right of the space bar ALTGR key > partial modifier_keys > xkb_symbols "powerbookenterisaltgr" { > key <KP_Enter> { [ Mode_switch ] }; > }; > > ? or: > > key <KP_Enter> { symbols[Group1] = [ Mode_switch ] }; I don't know, but maybe rather call it something like "kpenterisaltgr"? Who knows, maybe this can be useful with other machines as well. > I have to check where to chose the XkbVariant, because the Option > "XkbVariant" "powerbookenterisaltgr" doesn't make any difference. AFAIK Option "XkbOptions" "alt:powerbookenterisaltgr" should enable it. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
