Re: amidisplay: not a console?

[Gunther Nikl <gni%gecko.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 12:11:14PM +0300, Jukka Andberg wrote:
> It is told that on Jul 25, "Gunther Nikl" wrote thus:
> 
> >   Unfortunatly the keymaps don't work as I expected :-/ The maps itself
> >   should be almost correct but I don't get the output I expect, eg. r-alt 1
> >   should give KS_onesuperior but I get KS_plusminus. The definitions for
> >   alt, shift, ctrl and meta look correct thus I currently have no idea
> >   what is wrong. I don't think its a font problem.
> 
> Looks like that if KS_Alt_* are used they just set the high bit on
> characters. Making the alt key generate KS_Mode_switch seems to work
> right.

  Good.

> Actually, to follow what ite was doing, alt keys should generate
> KS_Mode_switch and amiga keys KS_Alt_L and KS_Alt_R.

  I will try that.

> Also, I don't think the KS_Multi_key should be generated from
> shifted alt. (Multi_key, when pressed, waits for two more keys
> and composes them.) Having it on shifted alt has funny effect,
> depending on the order you press down shift and alt, you get
> either compose or shift+alt effect.

  Can this prevented then (and how)?

  Gunther

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