> > Ah, right. Because Mac OS only uses the Alt key to generate 'odd' > > characters, but we use it for more. It sucks that Apple wired the iBooks > > so that the Alt_R key is a pain to get to. The Enter key on my iBook is > > in a good place (between the spacebar and right alt key)... > > Indeed. Unless anybody is attached to using this key as enter, what > about an XkbVariant "laptop" which maps Mode_switch and Multi_key to > this key, Delete to Shift+Backspace, ... ? From my reading of the > nodeadkeys variant definition in /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86, this might > be possible to do in one go for all layouts.
I use this key as an ALTGR key, which gives me a full PC-style keyboard. You press ALTGR-2 to get an "@" (not ALT-G like on a "regular" Mac), but since KDE maps alternative caracters for almost all the keys, it makes sense (and I don't have to "learn" yet another keyboard). You can apply the changes by typing : cat <<EOF |xmodmap - clear mod1 keycode 108 = Mode_switch EOF See if you like it ! -- Emmanuel