Re: Enhancing ukbd for Apple notebooks

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Nov 26, 2010, at 5:39 PM, Frank Wille wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:44:58 +0100
> Hauke Fath <hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost> wrote:
>
> > > and turn the right Apple/Command key into AltGr.
> >
> > Ick.
> >
> > > This part is already working fine here. Are there any objections  
> > > before I
> > > commit the code, or even better ideas?
> >
> > Assuming that most Apple notebooks will continue to run MacOS (X)  
> > to some
> > extent, I think it violates POLA to shoehorn the Apple into a pc  
> > keyboard
> > layout on the NetBSD side.
>
> I completely agree that it is not nice, and I already thought about
> turning the Alt/Option key into AltGr. But then we would miss Alt  
> under
> NetBSD (which is used in various X11-based GUIs). The Apple/Command  
> keys,
> on the other hand, are not needed.

In my opinion the keys should do what the label says, option should be  
alt and the right option key should behave like the right alt key on  
every other keyboard on the planet, even Sun keyboards label it Alt- 
Graph. The Command keys should probably become Meta.
The ADB keyboard code for example had a hack which swapped Alt and  
Command in order to match PC keyboard layouts - I removed it years ago  
for the reason stated above.

have fun
Michael


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