From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 13 02:13:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA04783 for current-outgoing; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 02:13:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from schizo.dk.tfs.com (mail.trw.dk [195.8.133.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA04750; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 02:12:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.dk.tfs.com [140.145.230.252]) by schizo.dk.tfs.com (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA02917; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 11:12:21 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost.dk.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA25392; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 11:11:52 +0200 (CEST) To: Greg Lehey cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= , rickl@ic.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alt and Meta mapping (was: possible sc0 problem) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 13 Oct 1997 18:36:46 +0930." <19971013183646.08998@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 11:11:52 +0200 Message-ID: <25390.876733912@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <19971013183646.08998@lemis.com>, Greg Lehey writes: >> I would like to point out that most laptops only have the left >> alt key easily accessible... >> >> [CTRL] + [Fn] + [Alt] + [SQRT(3.141592)] doesn't count as easy. > >Most laptops, mine included require some remapping anyway. I don't >think that there's an easy way to solve all problems. Inmy case, I'd >rather have Alt as Meta, and use [Fn] [Alt] on the few occasions I >want to switch VTs. Great fine and all that, just remember that all the people who have set up X apps (netscape!) for ALT-foo will loose with this change. I still belive the POLA should win and if you want meta on the left side, you have to move it there. I could easily be argued that an option to kbdcontrol which flips meta&alt around would be the best for all involved. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."