On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 19:56, Simon Vallet wrote:
> On 23 Aug 2003 19:27:53 +0200
> Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Just another thought : why bother with the Mode_Switch / Multi-Key ;
> > > you could get a perfectly working keyboard with the ISO_Level3_Shift
> >
> > First time I hear of this. :) Looks to be similar to Mode_switch, how do
> > they differ?
>
> Mode_switch switches modes (as the name tells) : to get the "extended" symbol
> you have to look in the second "group", i.e. (this time the good one ;-) :
>
> key <TLDE> { [at, numbersign], [asciitilde]}
>
> With ISO_Level3, you only change the shift level, leaving the second group
> (mode) available (for other languages/keymaps) :
>
> key <TLDE> { [at, numbersign, asciitilde]}
>
> you could have something like this, which shows the mapping of TLDE for (at
> least my) french and german keyboards :
>
> key <TLDE> { [at, numbersign, asciitilde], [dead_circumflex, degree,
> <something>]}
>
> Mode_switch would then switch (or toggle ?) between a french and a german
> keyboard. The third shift level (asciitilde) would be activated by another
> key (AltGr).
Ugh, this gets messier the deeper you dig. My motivation is on a sharp
decline again. You seem to have a good understanding though, care to fix
it once and for all? :)
PS: Please consider wrapping long lines.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
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