Mark H Harris <harrismh...@gmail.com> writes: > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Mark H Harris <harrismh...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> We need a standard input system not controlled by Microsoft... > > […] Does your keyboard have the "Windows" emblem|logo on the meta > key(s) on lower right, lower left?
No, mine has a Tux logo, because it was shipped that way from Think Penguin <URL:https://www.thinkpenguin.com/> and the key you're referring to operates as the “Super” key in GNU+Linux. Quite useful. My desktop keyboard is constructed from the Model M buckling-spring design <URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Model_M_keyboard>. That means, among other advantages, that the key caps are designed to be easily replaceable with parts from different manufacturers. Model M keyboards are now manufactured in Lexington, USA by Unicomp <URL:http://pckeyboard.com/page/category/UKBD>. They ship internationally, which is how I got mine. Unicomp will happily sell you one in various layouts without the Windows logo. They can even do a key set with the Ctrl and Caps Lock keys swapped to where they should be, and the Super key printed with a “Tux” logo <URL:http://pckeyboard.com/page/product/LinTuxSet>. On the inexpensive end, Think Penguin will also happily ship Tux logo stickers to go on top of the Super key <URL:https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/tux-super-key-keyboard-sticker>. (I have no affiliation with Think Penguin nor Unicomp, except as a happy repeat customer.) > No, I want a standard unicode keyboard (a standard specification > for a unicode keyboard) that facilitates unicode typing with minimal > actual keys and standard key maps for alternate sets that may be > easily selected without a mouse and without moving the hands from the > home row. I can't help you with that, exactly. However, I type unicode characters with an Input Method engine called IBus <URL:https://code.google.com/p/ibus/>, which is now in Gnome <URL:https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.6/i18n-ibus.html.en> as a standard part of the interface. I can select various IBus input methods depending on the purpose or language for which I'm writing, and they make it predictable and memorable to get the right characters. -- \ “I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, | `\ when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still | _o__) more complicated.” —Paul Anderson | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
