On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 02:32:38PM +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 02:35:23PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 11:00:02AM +0200, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: > > > Gil Freund wrote on 2003-11-02: > > > > > > > Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I figure that you have the option grp:shift_toggle , which toggles the > > > > > current group when you press both shifts. > > > > > > > > > > In XKB terminology a "Layout" can have multiple "Groups". Those Groups > > > > > are what is normally referred to as "layouts" in many other > > > > > terminologies. > > > > > > > > > > Changing a layout is a costly operation. Changing a group requires > > > > > basically one message. WindowMaker, for instance, has an option of > > > > > per-window Group toggling. Implementing this with Layouts would have > > > > > made switching between windows a potentially expensive operation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > If I understand correctly the following: > > > > Option "XkbOptions" "grp:switch,grp:shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" > > > > Or > > > > Option "XkbOptions" "grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" > > > > > > > > Are not the optimal way to switch languages. > > > > > > > > I use these and they work just fine with OO and CXoffice. > > There are gnome and kde applets that let you also do basicly the same > > thing but I would guess that they are much less optimal. They probably > > have an advantage if you want more the 2 layouts (I don't know if > > XknOption can handle more then two layouts). > > If you have more than two layouts you'll notice that some of the > combinations toggle to the next layout (or from the last to the first), > whereas the others toggle to the previous (or from the first to the last). > > e.g: with grp_shift_toggle it will depend on which shift you pressed > first. In grp:alt_shift_toggle it will depend on which alt was pressed. > > Generally keys in the left switch backward and in the right switch > forward. > > I'm not sure about the meaning of "switch" or the keyboard led. >
On this point, in the description of the kazit distribution (hebrew version of knoppix) there was something about a keybinding to change language and a key binding to change input direction. I was wondering what the direction change mantioned there was about. > -- > Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ > http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+ > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
