Hello again!
2008/11/15 John Martin <John.M.Martin at sun.com>:
> Michael Schmarck wrote:
>>
>> Yep. As far as that's concerned, Linux seems to be easier, though,
>> because there no configuration file is needed (at least not just for
>> setting the Compose key).
>>
>> What would be the non-config file, single screen user
>> approach in Solaris? Add something to ~/.xinitrc, which
>> calls xmodmap or "setkbmap -options compose:caps"?
>> Would that be "the Solaris way"?
>>
>
> I'm not an expert in this area, but I don't believe xorg.conf comes into
> play for the compose key on either platform.
Yes, it does.
>From my xorg.conf on Linux:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "NBTastatur"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp_led:scroll,compose:caps"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection
Note the XkbOptions line; because of this line, Caps Lock
acts as the Compose key (granted, thanks to the gnome-
keyboard-properties on Linux, this wouldn't be needed.
It's a left over from "ancient days" :)
Anyway - is fiddling around with some initialization
file like ~/.xinitrc the way it should be done on
OpenSolaris? There's no other, more user friendly
way?
Mike
