On Friday 06 September 2002 7:21 pm, Pam R wrote: > 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).
Replying to my own message ! ... But http://i18n.kde.org/doc/markup/gui.html says "<keysym> Right arrow is the <keysym> for the <keycap> that looks like ->. Please note this is a KDE specific use of <keysym>, and does not precisely follow the examples in the Duck Book. " So I guess we should be using the KDE specific definitions for <keycap> and <keysym> ? -- Pam R: Don't put off until tomorrow what you can leave to the day after. Linux StepbyStep: http://www.linux-sxs.org/stepbystep.html
