On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 01:22:03PM +0200, Gabriel Paubert wrote: > Well, it works more or less. It does not work as I'd like > on my old Powerbook since Apple changed the order of the > keys right of the spacebar a few years ago: > > - now the keys are: spacebar, Command(Apple), Enter > - on the old one: spacebar, Enter, Alt(Option) > > I have two (indistinguishable, same ADB keycode) keys > labeled "Alt" used under MacOS to access third and fourth > level and only one with the Apple logo. Newer keyboards > are the other way around and the Keypad Enter has moved. > > I prefer the old layout since I heavily use the 3rd/4th level > (need to type english, spanish and french) combination and map > the Apple/Command key as Meta (so the mapping is similar to > MacOS). But I shall manage.
Please write ASCII-art as in http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2006/08/msg00361.html to give detailed informations about your keys, that should be clearer ;) > Nevertheless, it is an improvement over the old situation > when most of the 3rd/4th level symbols did not match the > ones printed on the keys. > > I've been unable to match MacOS and have something that works > under emacs: ideally I'd like to use both Alt keys as level3 > (option lv3:alt_switch does it, but both Alt keys then set > both Modifiers 1 and 5, and emacs does not allow me to type > 3rd/4th symbols). Both Alt keys have the same keycodes, so they cannot be distinguished. IIRC their keycode is the one of Alt_L, and Alt_R can be obtained with Fn key. I just filed https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8572 about ISO_Level3_Shift being bound to Mod1 and Mod5. > I'd also like to use both Apple/Command keys as Alt/Meta > (modifier1, not 4), this works under emacs with option > altwin:meta_win but not under other apps that insist > (as I understand it) on checking for Modifier 1. I don't > understand eiher why the meta_win insists on mapping the > alt_* keys and giving them modifier 1. There may be a reason > but it escapes me. There is indeed a bug, I just filed https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8571 You can apply the patch found in this bugreport (take care that it has to be reverted!) > On my old laptop, the Menu key actually exists, it > is Fn+Enter, but not on the new one. This is an easy to > fix kernel bug, but there no menu key on Apple desktop > keyboards (they have 3 keys right of the spacebar, instead > of 4 on PC104/PC105 keyboards). I do not understand what you say about this Menu key, sorry. Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
