Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 07:10:05 GMT From: Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> To: freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: usb/144414: Apple "Fn" key doesn't work properly Message-ID: <201003040710.o247A58h083526@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net>
To: perryh@pluto.rain.com
Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: usb/144414: Apple "Fn" key doesn't work properly
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:01:16 -0800
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> wrot=
e:
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:36 PM, =C2=A0<perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote:
>> Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> wrote:
>>> Interestingly, my tilde key doesn't work either (though the key
>>> press is detected, no character shows when the key is pressed).
>>
>> Any chance it is configured as a "dead" key? =C2=A0If you press
>> tilde followed by n do you get an n with a tilde over it?
>>
>
> Nope. It simply does nothing in the console.
>
> But in X11, it does something very odd. Shift+Tilde Key gives me '>',
> and Tilde Key gives me '<'. And Alt+Tilde gives me... What? I don't
> even know what action. It's grabbing some arbitrary command in my
> .bash_history. It gave me the first item in my .bash_history the first
> time I tried it. Then I tried an arbitrary command ("echo"), and then
> Alt+Tilde gave me the second command in my .bash_history. Whaa?
>
> - Steven
Ugh. If only life had a rewind/erase button, I could fix my poor
proofreading and no one would be the wiser. See above for fixed
nonsense.
- Steven
>
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