On Thursday 14 August 2003 11:37, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 17:47, Frank Murphy wrote: > > > > Yeah, the fn-thing isn't so convienient. Do you have another idea for > > > > getting these? Or if they're even necessary? I know that Alt_R is > > > > often used for AltGr on European keyboards, but are the others used > > > > in a standard way? > > > > > > Can't think of much else except UAE wanting right ctrl e.g., I thought > > > of Mode_switch in particular indeed. > > > > Actually, the best thing would be to do what Apple does with the keys. > > What exactly do you mean by that? Same as in Mac OS? It has very > different requirements for modifiers, doesn't it?
True. But for AltGr, I imagine that they have a solution that we could copy. Granted, X has a lot more options, but they aren't all super-popular. > > > > > > Also, does it matter if X maps a key that doesn't exist on the > > > > > > installed keyboard? > > > > > > > > > > Yes, you can't use it. :) > > > > > > > > Well, yeah. :) But if the key is not really useful (say, Insert), I > > > > assume there's a minimal penalty for keeping the map around with no > > > > real need, but I would live if I couldn't use Insert. > > > > > > There's also delete, maybe others. > > > > True, but does it really matter? AltGr/Mode_switch is pretty important, > > but, for a default system, Delete and Insert arent all that important, I > > find. > > I use Delete (xmodmapped it to Shift+Backspace) for deleting mail, so > it's important to me. :) Dunno about the majority of people though. Fair enough, but in terms of a standard keymap, it's probalbly OK to let users customize this as they see fit. Depending on which mail client is used, deleting mail could be mapped to a different key. But I'm thinking more in terms of default keymaps. Frank
