Re: Enhancing ukbd for Apple notebooks

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

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Hello,

On Nov 27, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:

> On 2010-11-27 15:29, Frank Wille wrote:
> > Michael wrote:
> >
> > > To recap, my opinion is this:
> > > - - keys should do what the label says, no shifting things around to
> > > match PC layouts
> >
> > Ok.
> >
> >
> > > - - we need AltGr, most people will expect it to be the right Alt  
> > > key,
> > > so that should be the (hopefully only ) exception
> >
> > Already works that way, because the right Alt key has the same  
> > keycode as
> > AltGr on USB keyboards.
> >
> >
> > > - - left/right Command key should become left/right Meta
> >
> > Already works that way, because the USB keycodes match.
> >
> >
> > Still we have no AltGr on Apple notebooks with just a left Alt.
> > Should ukbd.c, or even wskbd.c be hacked to treat Ctrl-Alt as AltGr?
> > Although I wouldn't like it to press three keys at once, just for a  
> > \ or [.
>
> I don't get this whole argument. If someone feels the need to have  
> AltGr mapped to (for instance) the CMD key on a Apple notebook, he  
> can just change it that way with xmodmap anyway. Why do we need to  
> try to fiddle around with the base system itself to try and  
> accomodate all kind of wishes?

Trivial wishes like being able to type an @ on a german keyboard  
without having to start X and mucking with xmodmap.

have fun
Michael

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