> > Option "XkbSymbols" "de_CH+group(switch)" > > Ahh, well, I did (and YES, I did deactivate my .Xmodmap first), but, > uhhm, this has to be the so called make-fun-at-your-co-workers-option, > no? ;) > > But serious, the effect was quite interesting. No keys except the number > keys were working, not even the cursor keys, so I couldn't reach the > shell history to invoke xmodmap. And, well, which key would have been > supposed to be the Mode_switch? At least, alt didn't work either, I > still could reach only the number keys (and only these)..
Erm, sorry. It's supposed to be: Option "XkbSymbols" "macintosh/us+macintosh/de_CH+group(switch)" Then to get the Mode_switch (at least on my US iBook) you have to get AltGr by pressing fn+<alt/option>. For me the right-hand alt key acts exactly the same as the left, so I have to press fn too. Check this using xev. Look in the file /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/group for other switch options (it's easy to set the <Apple-logo/command> key to be AltGr, too. > > I don't know if there are differences for a Swiss keyboard. > > Dunno, but I guess not?! How to test? xev will tell you which X keycode and keysym is being sent for a keypress, but you'll need access to an Swiss external Apple keyboard to see the differences between them. Frank
