On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 10:56, Frank Murphy wrote: > On Wednesday 13 August 2003 10:32, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 00:34, Andreas Wüst wrote: > > > I wonder if there's really a need for a laptop variant. What is the > > > difference between a normal and a laptop keyboard apart from the lacking > > > keypad? > > > > Other lacking keys and duplicate keys, for example. > > Do you know of any specific keys that are lacking or duplicate on your > keyboard?
Most importantly, the shift and command keys are duplicate, so the right shift, command and alt keys are missing. (I know that they're sort of available with fn, but I doubt that most people consider that a viable solution for often-used symbols) > Also, does it matter if X maps a key that doesn't exist on the > installed keyboard? Yes, you can't use it. :) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
