/bin/loadkeys -q ${KEYMAP} windowkeys >/dev/null ^^^^^^^^^^ this should be an rc.conf option. On tibook you can't use a non eng locale keyboard with this because you only have L_Alt, and R_Alt is *NEEDED*. I usually use apple keys (sice the two keys send the same scancode :-( ) as L_Alt and alt key as R_Alt or vice versa.
I don't understand what you are getting at here...can you not just set your own keymap for this?
Can you be a bit more specific on this? what file does this get set in, which pkg does it come from, etc... I know from speaking with you that the windowkeys line should be removed for ppc (I think)
Sorry, I was a bit vague, I'll try to explain a bit better. The file I'm referring to is /etc/init.d/keymaps in the pkg baselayout. It loads two keymaps, the one you choose in rc.conf and windowskey which is for switching consoles forward with left window key (or any or the apple keys on the mac) and backward with the right one. With a normal keyboard as the apple pro keyboard, this feature is nice, but when you use a tibook keyboard, it is annoying. I believe that the best way is to add an option in rc.conf to enable/disable the windows/apple key mapping, something like this : /etc/rc.conf [CUT] # Use KEYMAP to specify the default console keymap. There is a complete tree # of keymaps in /usr/share/keymaps to choose from. This setting is used by the # /etc/init.d/keymaps script. KEYMAP="it-mac" # Set WINDOWKEY to false to disable the use of window/apple key # for console switching WINDOWKEY=true [CUT] /etc/init.d/keymaps [CUT] start() { checkconfig || return 1 ebegin "Loading key mappings" #new kbd support if [ -x /bin/loadkeys ] then /bin/loadkeys -q ${KEYMAP} >/dev/null if ${WINDOWKEY} then /bin/loadkeys -q windowkey >/dev/null fi #old console-tools support elif [ -x /usr/bin/loadkeys ] then /usr/bin/loadkeys -q ${KEYMAP} >/dev/null if ${WINDOWKEY} then /usr/bin/loadkeys -q windowkey >/dev/null fi else eend 1 "loadkeys executable not found" return 1 fi eend $? "Error loading key mappings" } [CUT]
I discussed this with Azarah and he thinks (and I tend to agree) that this may be better just documented rather than the file edited as there are very few cases where this applies (I think). Any thoughts on this Cal?
I do not agree. On non US Mac keyboards, u need to define a Mode_switch key in order to compose special characters like the @, # and many others. In most distros, this key is mapped to the Apple key (or the alt key, but then u need the Apple key to do the alt key stuff :P), and if u load Mac keymaps this should normally be automatically done. However if we remove the Apple key from the game, it will necessarily do bad stuff to Intl. keyboard layouts, in console at least, not sure how far ur "windowskey console switching feature" affects XFree.
>keyboard with this because you only have L_Alt, and R_Alt is *NEEDED*. >I usually use apple keys (sice the two keys send the same scancode :-( ) as >L_Alt and alt key as R_Alt or vice versa. just FYI: fn+left alt key should produce R_ALT kind of clumsy, but it works.
db fix
