hello branden...
* Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-28 12:04 +0200]:
>
> On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 03:10:18PM +0200, Sebastian Henschel wrote:
> >
> > it is not discussed here and the initial bug reporter wrote that
> > everything is fine with the additions from brandon robinson. but it is
> > not. one item is missing in the gb symbol table:
> >
> > key <LWIN> { [ Mode_switch, Multi_key ] };
> >
> > without that, i cannot generate the numbersign when hitting the apple
> > key and 3. that snippet was taken from the german symbol table for
> > macintosh,
> > btw.
>
> Do all British Macintosh keyboard users really expect the left Apple key
> to work as a mode switch (I think "group shift" would be a less confusing
> term,
> but they didn't put me in charge of the nomenclature) and (when shifted) a
> compose key?
dunno, it is just that there is no Alt_GR and Alt does not do the
mode_switch, so i suppose the apple key is the one to go for. :)
> How often do British secretaries need to be able to type a number sign
> ("#")?
dunno, the specific machine at hand is for an italian professor (not
me). and i believe him to type the number sign when programming on his
computer.
> I suspect that this is a customization best left to geeks and
> programmers by using one of the specialized symbol maps for this
> purpose, e.g.:
>
> XkbRules xfree86
> XkbModel macintosh
> XkbLayout gb
> XkbOptions group:lwin_switch
>
> (Note, the latter consists of:
>
> // using the group(lwin_switch) map, the left Windows' logo key
> // temporarily chooses the second keyboard group (until it is
> // released). If you use this map, you would declare you keyboard as
> // pc101 or pc102 instead of pc104 or pc105.
> partial modifier_keys
> xkb_symbols "lwin_switch" {
> key <LWIN> {
> symbols[Group1] = [ Mode_switch, Multi_key ],
> virtualMods= AltGr
> };
> };
>
> )
aha, did not know that one...
thank,
sebastian
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