On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Frank Murphy wrote: > On Saturday 16 August 2003 10:00, Martin-�ric Racine wrote: > > > > > I'd be interested to know what the linux scancodes and X keycodes are > > > > > for these keys on i386 Linux. Are you able to try these on a PC? If > > > > > so, try these commands on both: > > > > > > > > > > # from the console, then press the <>| and ��� keys > > > > > $ showkey -s > > > > > $ showkey -k > > > > > > > > See attached files. > > > > > > OK, I need you to annotate these files. Write in the codes that you get > > > depending on which key you press. Otherwise, it's just guesswork for us. > > > > It's as much guesswork for me. I press them in the order: normal, shift, > > altgr. first lesser/greater/pipe, then paragraph/half/degree. > > Well, you knew the order in which you pressed the keys, I didn't. Try it > again, but this time, only press the <>| (no Shift or Alt) and record the > output (should be a pressed/released pair). Then do the same for ���. Then > send the results here labeled with what keys you pressed.
Getting those glyphs _require_ usage of shit and altgr,as they are on the same key! > > > > The console-data mac-usb-fi keymap uses the Left_alt as Mode_switch and > > > > makes the left Apple key into a Left_alt, which works very well. > > > > > > Perhaps it works well for you, but it is very confusing for someone who > > > sits at a new keyboard and looks at the keys to find out what they should > > > do. > > > > It works well, from the perspective that it provides nearly the same > > physical kjeycaps location as a PC, that is the key just left of spacebar > > is used to change console, in conjunction with ctrl. it makes a LOT of > > sense. > > It does make a lot of sense if the desired behavior is to mimic the physical > key location of a PC keyboard. But it is at the expense of matching the > printed keys. > I think that it would be a good option to have the behavior you expect, > though. It is the default behavior of the console-data map. > > > OK, so to switch the left Alt key to act like a PC's AltGr key (and let > > > you type the third letters on the keys), plus use the left Apple logo key > > > as an Alt key, put the following in your .Xmodmap and run `xmodmap > > > ~/.Xmodmap`: > > > > > > keycode 64 = Mode_switch > > > keycode 115 = Alt_L > > Did you try this xmodmap? What was the result? It seems to work, but does not offer a lasting solution. Running xmodmap at every login is not exactly practical. -- Martin-�ric Racine http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~q-funk/
