> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Patrick Andries
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 8:21 PM
> Mike Ayers a écrit :
>
> > [Alain] As I said in my previous mail, these definitions are
> > not the best of definitions. The distinction is but
> > intuitive, you have to see the diagrams where labeling makes
> > the difference:
> <SNIP/>
> I don't have these diagrams. Are they published somewhere
> public?
>
> The only one I know that don't infringe copyright (because never as
> yet published) is here :
>
> http://www.cooptel.qc.ca/~pandries/ISO-CEI%209995-1-1994.pdf
>
> I believe Alain was refering to figures 8 and 9 (end of document).
Bingo! Now the pieces all fall together for me. This is a specification for physical keyboards only. The levels and groups represent not just state shiftings, but also the arrangement of glyphs on the keys (levels vertically and groups horizontally), which is why there is a 3 level maximum - limited room on the key. I'm not sure that there would be enough room for 3 groups, though (visually, at least). Odd that level one and group 1 aren't allocated more space than the others - this would more closely conform to practice. Thanks for the pointer.
/|/|ike
