On 23 Aug 2003 19:27:53 +0200
Michel D�nzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BTW, you probably mean i.e. (latin abbreviation for 'id est', 'that
> is'), not e.g. ('exempli gratia', 'for example').
I did ;-)
> But you're saying that the Insert key is also Help? Does that mean that
> both are engraved on it, or what is?
Yes : it says "inser" and "aide" (french keyboard). "inser" is smaller and at
the top of the key ; the larger "aide" is at the bottom.
> > Just another thought : why bother with the Mode_Switch / Multi-Key ;
> > you could get a perfectly working keyboard with the ISO_Level3_Shift
>
> First time I hear of this. :) Looks to be similar to Mode_switch, how do
> they differ?
Mode_switch switches modes (as the name tells) : to get the "extended" symbol
you have to look in the second "group", i.e. (this time the good one ;-) :
key <TLDE> { [at, numbersign], [asciitilde]}
With ISO_Level3, you only change the shift level, leaving the second group
(mode) available (for other languages/keymaps) :
key <TLDE> { [at, numbersign, asciitilde]}
you could have something like this, which shows the mapping of TLDE for (at
least my) french and german keyboards :
key <TLDE> { [at, numbersign, asciitilde], [dead_circumflex, degree,
<something>]}
Mode_switch would then switch (or toggle ?) between a french and a german
keyboard. The third shift level (asciitilde) would be activated by another key
(AltGr).
> > (mapped to AltGr, for example).
>
> Well, the major part of the discussion has been about which physical key
> this should on a laptop keyboard...
Yes, I agree it is a different (and tricky) problem, but as I got it, the
us(extended) map would also be modified ... ?
