On 7 Feb 2003, Jens Petersen wrote: >[Feel free to cc me since I'm not currently subscribed to the list.] > >Hello, > >I would like to ask why the following change was made to the >pc symbols file. Why should we rather have Super on Win >keys in 4.3, than Meta as in 4.2? Additionally xkb doesn't >seem to want to have both Alt and Meta on the some modifier >currently afaict. > >Thanks for any light on the matter,
One word: consistency When $JOE_USER goes to one computer, and presses the key labelled "foo", he expects to have it respond with action "bar". When he goes to a different computer with a keyboard with a few extra keys, and he presses the key labelled "foo", he expects the key to respond with action "bar" as well. Having a frequently used keypress like "Meta" be one key on one keyboard, and some other key on a very similar keyboard that just has a few extra bonus keys, is not only insane, it is a technical support nightmare. I don't think anyone would want to be working telephone helpdesk support if Meta was to be a different key on 4 different keyboards. ;o) There are people out there who prefer the Meta key to not be the same as the Alt key, however I believe those people are also technically competant enough to configure XFree86 to remap the key to be the Windows key or whatever else they choose much easier than $JOE_USER can remap Meta to be Alt, where the majority of people are going to expect it. It's just a case of making the defaults sane for the average user. This is the same behaviour as under 4.2.x -- Mike A. Harris _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
