On Wednesday 20 August 2003 8:16, David Dawes wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 04:16:56PM +0200, Frank Murphy wrote: > >Also, it is currently possible for naïve users to type Latin1 characters. > > By using Multi_key (mapped to right Windows-logo by default on Debian, at > > least). I think that this is handled through the widget library on the > > client side, but I don't know for sure. Multi_key+, followed by c > > generates ç, and that methodology would need to be taught. > > This is handled by the compose input method.
BTW, where is the compose input method defined? In the code or can it be overridden? > >A question I have to ask Branden Robinson is why he asked David Dawes to > >remove the latin1 key symbols from the macintosh/us keymap. (Supposedly, > > it's got #5386, but I don't know in what system!) > > Here is the text associated with that patch: > > There is a lot of stuff in this file that doesn't make sense for a > symbols file that calls itself "us" -- a lot of engravings that just > plain aren't on US Macintosh keyboards. > > Whatever country uses those extra engravings needs its own file in the > symbols/macintosh directory. To that end I have retained the old stuff > in a big comment block at the end. That seems wierd. The compose stuff above isn't engraved on the keyboards either. It would seem that just not setting a key to do Mode_switch would also hide this from a normal user, but one who wanted to could just define a Mode_switch key and be able to use all these symbols. Hmm... Frank _______________________________________________ I18n mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/i18n
