On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Tiago Marques <tiago...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Paul Fox <p...@laptop.org> wrote: >> >> tiago wrote: >> > I must ask, what's the default behavior of function keys in the new >> layout? >> > Fn changes them to F keys, or are they F keys without Fn pressed? >> >> the labels on the function keys are just alternate meanings, not >> alternate scancodes. i.e., the key labeled 'network >> neighborhood' on an XO has always generated the F1 scancode. >> this will continue to be the case, with no modifiers required. >> >> i believe the only keys the Fn key modifies, currently, are the arrow >> keys, which generate pgup/pgdn/home/end when modified by Fn. >> >> (yes, you've been caught by an ambiguity in the keytop labeling.) > > I know :| > Not understanding anything of the underlying software or hardware, wouldn't > it be possible to have the Fn keys really modifying those keys? That could > bring some benefit, at least for me. I frequently find myself needing the F > functions in gnome. > Also, if that's the case, and the default are the sugar actions, why not > make those the big symbols at make the F* keys smaller?
We could do that. We are trying to strike a balance between the expectations of someone using the GNOME desktop and Sugar. (I'll make a mock-up in any case.) -walter > Best regards, > Tiago > >> >> paul >> >> > >> > Tiago >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Mikus Grinbergs <mi...@bga.com> wrote: >> > >> > > > The following are the keyboard layouts and legends for these >> > > > new keyboards. Much thanks to Walter Bender for developing >> > > > these given a bad set of constraints. >> > > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_English_Non-membrane_Keyboard >> > > >> > > There may be users who wish to plug in an external keyboard. Such >> > > external keyboards often have function keys grouped in sets of four. >> > > Such grouping places F5 at the beginning of a row of four keys, and >> > > places F6 in the middle of a row of four keys. >> > > >> > > Suppose users might be pressing the key for 'frame' more often than >> the >> > > key for 'search'. Should the 'frame' function be assigned to the F5 >> > > key, since on external keyboards the F5 key might be easier to locate >> ? >> > > >> > > mikus >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Devel mailing list >> > > Devel@lists.laptop.org >> > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >> > > >> > part 2 text/plain 129 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Devel mailing list >> > Devel@lists.laptop.org >> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >> >> =--------------------- >> paul fox, p...@laptop.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel