On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 12:11:53PM +0200, Sebastian Henschel wrote: > * Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-28 12:04 +0200]: > > Do all British Macintosh keyboard users really expect the left Apple key > > to work as a mode switch (I think "group shift" would be a less confusing > > term, > > but they didn't put me in charge of the nomenclature) and (when shifted) a > > compose key? > > dunno, it is just that there is no Alt_GR and Alt does not do the > mode_switch, so i suppose the apple key is the one to go for. :)
Yeah, I'm just pointing out how the choice of key is at least somewhat arbitrary and non-intuitive, thanks to the lack of an AltGr engraving on any key. > > How often do British secretaries need to be able to type a number sign > > ("#")? > > dunno, the specific machine at hand is for an italian professor (not > me). and i believe him to type the number sign when programming on his > computer. Okay, then he would qualify as a "geek or programmer" as I stated. :) > > I suspect that this is a customization best left to geeks and > > programmers by using one of the specialized symbol maps for this > > purpose, e.g.: > > > > XkbRules xfree86 > > XkbModel macintosh > > XkbLayout gb > > XkbOptions group:lwin_switch > > aha, did not know that one... Does the above work for him/you? -- G. Branden Robinson | I've made up my mind. Don't try to Debian GNU/Linux | confuse me with the facts. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Indiana Senator Earl Landgrebe http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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