> > 4) User needs to turn on/off some particular feature or extension. > > How often does this happen? > > Every time. I need to set "nodeadkeys".
Yep, same here, with german layout keyboards. Xorg defaults to use "sundeadkeys"; and I hate that I have to type AltGr ~ followed by a space, instead of AltGr ~ (without the space) to get the tilde character. My workaround is to change the /usr/X11/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xorg file, though. Like this: --- /tmp/xorg.orig Mi Jul 16 12:45:30 2008 +++ /usr/X11/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xorg Mo Sep 17 17:10:31 2007 @@ -234,6 +215,7 @@ $sun_type7 jp = sun/us(type6)+sun/jp(type7) jp106 jp = sun/us(type6)+sun/jp(type7) $sun_type6 $sun_t6_custom = sun/us(type6)+sun/%l(type6) + $sun_type6 de = sun/us(type6)+%l(nodeadkeys) $sun_type6 * = sun/us(type6)+%l(sundeadkeys) $pcmodels ar = pc/pc(%m)+pc/ara * ar = pc/pc(pc105)+pc/ara This message posted from opensolaris.org