I've lately tried to find out more about X keymappings, since the default meta key shifted to the Windows key. I checked the output of "xmodmap", I set up a "multi_key" for myself with:
xmodmap -e "keycode 0x73 = Multi_key" My xmodmap output is <SNIP> mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x71) mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) mod3 mod4 Multi_key (0x73) mod5 Scroll_Lock (0x4e) A firend who has a clean install, has: <SNIP> mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x71) mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) mod3 mod4 Meta_L (0x73) mod5 Scroll_Lock (0x4e) On his machine, 0x73 (the windows key) is the meta key. While on mine it is the Alt. So where is this set? I noticed an option in wmakerconf for setting the meta key to Mod1, Mod2, etc. ... ? If my friend wants a Multi_key, can he simply map 0x73 to multi_key, then hope that alt will become meta? (For emacs et al.) I also noticed once that one can maybe set Multi_key in XF86Config-4 ... (does it make sense to have a DebConf question asking for this kind of keymappings?) what exactly was this option? Another odd thing was in console, I remapped my windows key with echo "keycode 125 = Compose" | loadkeys In X, the command above, i.e. 0x73. 0x73 != 125 ... how does this work? this isn't direct keyboard scancodes? Lastly, my friend has a "multimedia keyboard" with a bunch of weird keys at the top. When in the console, the kernel (?) outputs the following errors when pressing the buttons in text mode: Unknown scancode: e0 19 or Unknown scancode: e0 36 How would one go about using such buttons, is it possible? (In X, primarily, though I'd also be interested in text mode, it doesn't matter there.) ObDebian ... this isn't too Debian specific, but I'm hoping this might lead into a short discussion about possibly making things like Multi_key setup-able in debconf, for the "non-english" countries out there. (Here in South Africa you need things like ê and ï ...) Thanks, Hugo van der Merwe If this has been discussed, feel free to ignore this mail. I'll then spend time going over the archives. Just don't have a whole lot of time right now, amongst studies. (And please CC, as suggested in Mail-Followup-To, thanks) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
