On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 09:52 +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > * Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-10 18:54:31 CEST]: > > On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 17:09 +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > > If you wouldn't have left #debianppc so quickly again you would have > > > received responses along the line suggesting using XkbModel pc10x > > > instead of macintosh. > > > > Apple keyboards have slightly different layouts than standard PC > > keyboards. If there is a problem with XkbModel "macintosh" (haven't had > > any since basically forever), it would be better to report that and get > > it fixed than to tell people to use pc10x. > > It wasn't only me mentioning that on the channel, sorry. And to be > honest, I don't see any difference in the keyboard layout on my German > PowreBook G4 to a regular PC-keyboard? Or do you mean that XkbModel > macintosh would behave more like on MacOS and have the @ on alt-l? If > it's the latter I am very happy to /not/ use that ... > > Just gave it a try with the keyboard switch applet from gnome - and it > indeed is that horror. Sorry, I simply can't recommend using the > macintosh XkbModel to anyone, alt-5 and alt-6 for [] and alt-l for @ is > not convenient, at least not to me. Not even remotely. It's hard to > remember the differences between english and german layout at times when > you are abroad already.
I understand your personal preference, but I suspect most people will prefer the keymap to match what's physically printed on the keyboard by default. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
