On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:27:59 +0100 Bernd Steinhauser wrote: > Hi, > > Dirk Wallenstein wrote: > > I would like to give some examples of what a fully functional and > > configurable XKB extension could offer. > > > > > > 1.Obviate the need to leave the home row for functionality that is > > provided by keys right of the main keyboard > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >----- By taking a common pc-105 keyboard and holding down the > > AltGr/ISO-Level3-Shift modifier , all the alphabetic keys can be equipped > > with functionality like cursor-cross, insert, delete, home, etc. With the > > help of XKB's > > Redirect-Key-Action it would even be possible to have word-wise cursor > > movement in all text edit fields. All without leaving the home row. > > Just in case you don't know about it yet, you might want to have a look > at Neo: > http://www.neo-layout.org > > It implements some of the things you mentioned. > > Regards, > Bernd
Wonderful. In particular Level-4 (Ebene-4) tries to obviate the keys right of the main keyboard. That is certainly a level of interest to a wider audience, I think. Greetings, Dirk. _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
