2009/12/12 Polytropon :
> On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:50:33 -0700 (MST), Warren Block
> wrote:
>> I had thought about putting a footnote about that, but it was already
>> too long. Also, I don't know about non-English keyboards. Maybe
>> there's a mechanism in hal to detect preferred keyboard layout
On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:50:33 -0700 (MST), Warren Block
wrote:
> I had thought about putting a footnote about that, but it was already
> too long. Also, I don't know about non-English keyboards. Maybe
> there's a mechanism in hal to detect preferred keyboard layout from the
> LANG setting.
B
On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, Polytropon wrote:
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:06:01 -0700 (MST), Warren Block
wrote:
Normally, the user shouldn't have to create XML files.
If they intended to use another than default english keyboard
layout... well, creating the correspoinding XML file as shown
in the hand
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:06:01 -0700 (MST), Warren Block
wrote:
> Normally, the user shouldn't have to create XML files.
If they intended to use another than default english keyboard
layout... well, creating the correspoinding XML file as shown
in the handbook seemed to be the way to go.
In the p
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Carmel wrote:
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:48:36 -0700 (MST)
Warren Block replied:
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Carmel wrote:
No, they were trying to upgrade a very old, static system (X11) to
support their users. One thing that had been lacking was any support
for hotplugging input de
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:48:36 -0700 (MST)
Warren Block replied:
>On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Carmel wrote:
>
>> Honestly, did the 'X' developers go out of their way to break mouse,
>> and to a lesser degree, keyboard support when upgrading?
>
>No, they were trying to upgrade a very old, static system (X1
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Carmel wrote:
Honestly, did the 'X' developers go out of their way to break mouse,
and to a lesser degree, keyboard support when upgrading?
No, they were trying to upgrade a very old, static system (X11) to
support their users. One thing that had been lacking was any sup
On Fri 2009-12-11 07:30:01 UTC-0500, Carmel (carmel...@hotmail.com) wrote:
> It is really hard to push the merits of an operating system when you
> have to give detailed instructions to the potential end user on how to
> get a "mouse" to work, when all they have to do in a Win32 based system
Last
Honestly, did the 'X' developers go out of their way to break mouse,
and to a lesser degree, keyboard support when upgrading? This forum has
been riddled with questions on why their hardware (mouse) has stopped
working and how to get it working again. If Microsoft had pulled a
bone-headed stunt lik