From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 22 11:54:28 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA01883 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 11:54:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from octopus.originative.co.uk (originat.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA01877 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 11:54:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paul@originative.co.uk) From: paul@originative.co.uk Received: by OCTOPUS with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 19:52:45 -0000 Message-ID: To: jfieber@indiana.edu, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: keymaps Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 19:52:44 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: John Fieber [mailto:jfieber@indiana.edu] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 3:51 PM > To: Kazutaka YOKOTA > Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: keymaps > > > On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > > > Gentlemen, I don't intend to add yet another keymap to > > /usr/share/syscons/keymaps. I am merely trying to define a > reasonable > > set of common, consistent key binding for existing keymaps. > > > > National keyboards have different layout of regular keys. But > > function keys and special keys are placed identically. They should > > work in the same way, or at least similar way in all > keyboards, unless > > there is a good reason to do otherwise. (I am not talking about > > non-AT keyboards which are totally different from either AT 84 or > > 101/102/104 keyboards.) > > What would be useful here is the ability to "compose" keymaps. > There would be basically two sets: one that defines the layout of > the main keyboard and one that defines the layout of the other > keys. That way I could pick my dvorak layout, then add on a > layout that, say, swaps control and caps lock but leaves the main > layout alone. I was thinking something similar, a way to dynamically modify the map ala xmodmap would be useful so that users who have particular preferences can implement the changes in, say, .login That's exactly what I do with xmodmap and X. The standard maps can continue to reflect the actual layout of the keyboards then rather than having a number of variations according to popular user preference. Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message