On Wednesday 04 September 2002 4:15 pm, Frederik Fouvry wrote: [snip} >The DocBook documentation contains this example: > > <para> > The <keycap>F1</keycap> key on an IBM PC keyboard generates the > scan code <keycode>0x3B</keycode> when pressed. This value > is defined as <keysym>KEY_F1</keysym> in > <filename class="headerfile">keyboard.h</filename>. > </para> > > It doesn't say it all, but imho it makes clear that what you want > in most cases is keycap. Few users care about keysyms and keycodes.
Thank you Frederik for that example, it has cleared up my confusion about the difference between <keycap> (refers to a physical key) and <keysym> (refers to an element in code). -- Pam R: Don't put off until tomorrow what you can leave to the day after.
