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Date:      Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:54:03 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Vivaldi Tablet
Message-ID:  <20120328035403.f8daf4ef.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <20120328014834.GA11037@hemlock.hydra>
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:48:34 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 02:37:49AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:21:45 -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > > 	how about the eee-701s?  they are no mo' but used to have a
> > > 	70% of full size keyboard.  my eee-900A had All the std
> > > 	keys.  do we really need the F[n] keys?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 	anyway, if not a  tiny kybd, maybe a small one.  
> > 
> > Maybe I can suggest the Happy Hacking keyboard here?
> > It's small in size and popular amnong hackers. It does
> > not have PF keys (those can be "emulated" by Fn+<number>,
> > comparable to Alt+<number> on early 3270's). Its dimensions
> > are about 11" x 4.5" x 1.5" at less than 1.5Lb weight.
> > 
> > However, this is an external (USB2) keyboard.
> 
> I was thinking of mentioning the Happy Hacking keyboard, but I see you
> beat me to it.  I have not used one for more than a few minutes once,
> though.  Does the Fn+<number> work with Ctrl+Alt+F<number> combination to
> move around between TTY consoles?

As far as I remember, it does. I don't have a HHK here to check.
>From what I know, the keyboard generates the proper codes
internally, so Fn+<number> is equivalent to PF <number> in
any regards, and therefore any combination with Ctrl and/or
Alt should also work as expected. To the computer, it should
be no difference from a "real" keyboard.



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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