Hi Frank
Ok, I am finally back! And thanks again for your answer!
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 09:49, Frank Murphy wrote:
> > > 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.
Well, it kind of worked. I could reach the third group via fn+alt (the
left one, I don't remember the right one), but, hmm, not all symbols
worked. For example, I could get [ (fn+alt+5), but I couldn't get ]
(fn+alt+6). { and } was impossible to reach too.
Strange enough, doing an xmodmap -pke revealed that the keys were mapped
to the ], {, }, etc. symbols as normal!! But they couldn't be produced!
> 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.
Ok, I guess I am of no help then for this particular issue.
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Best wishes,
Andi
