On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 06:58:44PM +0200, Simon Vallet wrote: > > to increse that convergence. The keycode/key symbol mapping doesn't > > look totally consistient (<INS> = Help), but I blame that on the > > PC-keyboard bias. > > I'm not sure what you meant here, but on my keyboard (Apple extended > II), the help key and the insert key are the same (that is, something > like "<INS> = Help" makes sense to me) > > > As far as an Apple keyboard that has an Insert key beneath the > > Delete key, I don't know. Who on this list has an extended keyboard > > and can share? > > I do :-). Again I'm not sure I got you right here (excuse my bad > english) : my Delete key is just under the insert/help key, e.g. : > > --------- > | INS | > --------- > | DEL | > ---------
My Micro Connectors USB extended keyboard is the same way. Several of the keys have Mac-standard labels in normal type and PC-standard labels in small print at the top, just like the Option keys on my PowerBook have "alt" in small print. > Just another thought : why bother with the Mode_Switch / Multi-Key ; > you could get a perfectly working keyboard with the ISO_Level3_Shift I always map Multi_Key because my computers and my brain are all using US English, but sometimes I need to type a foreign name or phrase. The most common Compose sequences I need are pretty logical (so they're easy to remember or guess), but I wouldn't have a clue what any of the 3rd/etc shift characters are. Compose is also a habit for people who have done much with UNIX workstations and terminals instead of PCs, a lot of those have a "Compose Character" key. -- Michael Heironimus
