Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 12:54:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Martin Heinen <martin@sumuk.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/39695: [PATCH] FAQ added <keycap>/<keycombo> Message-ID: <200206231054.g5NAsHxU070999@Kain.sumuk.de>
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>Number: 39695
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] FAQ added <keycap>/<keycombo>
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jun 23 04:00:05 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Martin Heinen
>Release: FreeBSD 4.6-PRERELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD Kain.sumuk.de 4.6-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.6-PRERELEASE #0: Sun May 12 20:01:38 CEST 2002 toor@Kain.sumuk.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KAIN i386
>Description:
Added <keycap>/<keycombo> to various keystrokes.
>How-To-Repeat:
read the FAQ.
>Fix:
Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /u/cvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.450
diff -u -r1.450 book.sgml
--- book.sgml 20 Jun 2002 08:18:53 -0000 1.450
+++ book.sgml 23 Jun 2002 10:44:37 -0000
@@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>For FreeBSD 3.3 and later, reboot the system and hit
- <literal>Enter</literal> at the <literal>Booting kernel
+ <keycap>Enter</keycap> at the <literal>Booting kernel
in 10 seconds; hit [Enter] to interrupt</literal> prompt.
This will drop you into the boot loader.</para>
@@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>If using FreeBSD 3.2 or earlier, at the Boot: prompt,
- enter <literal>1:wd(2,a)kernel</literal> and press Enter.
+ enter <literal>1:wd(2,a)kernel</literal> and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>.
If the system starts, then run the command
<command>echo "1:wd(2,a)kernel" > /boot.config</command>
to make it the default boot string.</para>
@@ -3257,7 +3257,7 @@
blocksize you recorded earlier. Then, set the partition
bootable and turn on bad block scanning. During the actual
install, bad144 will run first, before any filesystems are
- created (you can view this with an Alt-F2). If it has any
+ created (you can view this with an <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>). If it has any
trouble creating the badsector file, you have set too large a
disk geometry - reboot the system and start all over again
(including repartitioning and reformatting with DOS).</para>
@@ -5435,7 +5435,7 @@
<para>When you are slicing up your disk, check that the disk
geometry displayed in the FDISK screen is correct (ie. it
matches the BIOS numbers); if it is wrong, use the
- <literal>g</literal> key to fix it. You may have to do this if
+ <keycap>g</keycap> key to fix it. You may have to do this if
there is absolutely nothing on the disk, or if the disk has been
moved from another system. Note that this is only an issue with
the disk that you are going to boot from; FreeBSD will sort
@@ -6765,7 +6765,7 @@
<qandaentry>
<question id="CAD-reboot">
- <para>How do I keep Control-Alt-Delete from rebooting the
+ <para>How do I keep <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Control</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Delete</keycap></keycombo> from rebooting the
system?</para>
</question>
@@ -7671,9 +7671,9 @@
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Try turning off the Num Lock key.</para>
+ <para>Try turning off the <keycap>Num Lock</keycap> key.</para>
- <para>If your Num Lock key is on by default at boot-time, you
+ <para>If your <keycap>Num Lock</keycap> key is on by default at boot-time, you
may add the following line in the <literal>Keyboard</literal>
section of the <filename>XF86Config</filename> file.</para>
@@ -7701,15 +7701,15 @@
<para>At some point, you will probably wish to start another
session, perhaps to look at documentation for a program
you are running or to read your mail while waiting for an
- FTP transfer to finish. Just do Alt-F2 (hold down the Alt
- key and press the F2 key), and you will find a login prompt
+ FTP transfer to finish. Just do <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo> (hold down the <keycap>Alt</keycap>
+ key and press the <keycap>F2</keycap> key), and you will find a login prompt
waiting for you on the second <quote>virtual console</quote>!
When you want to go back to the original session, do
- Alt-F1.</para>
+ <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F1</keycap></keycombo>.</para>
<para>The default FreeBSD installation has three virtual consoles
- enabled (8 starting with 3.3-RELEASE), and Alt-F1, Alt-F2, and
- Alt-F3 will switch between these virtual consoles.</para>
+ enabled (8 starting with 3.3-RELEASE), and <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F1</keycap></keycombo>, <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>, and
+ <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo> will switch between these virtual consoles.</para>
<para>To enable more of them, edit
<filename>/etc/ttys</filename> (see &man.ttys.5;)
@@ -8207,11 +8207,11 @@
<listitem>
<para>116 - <trademark class="registered">Windows</trademark> key,
- to the right of the Alt-Gr key</para>
+ to the right of the <keycap>AltGr</keycap> key</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>117 - Menu key, to the left of the right-hand Ctrl key</para>
+ <para>117 - <keycap>Menu</keycap> key, to the left of the right-hand <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -8235,8 +8235,8 @@
<para>to your <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>.</para>
- <para>For example, you could map the 3 keys to be F13, F14, and
- F15, respectively. This would make it easy to map them to
+ <para>For example, you could map the 3 keys to be <keycap>F13</keycap>, <keycap>F14</keycap>, and
+ <keycap>F15</keycap>, respectively. This would make it easy to map them to
useful functions within applications or your window
manager, as demonstrated further down.</para>
@@ -8249,9 +8249,9 @@
<para>If you use <command>fvwm2</command>, for example, you
could map the keys
- so that F13 iconifies (or de-iconifies) the window the cursor
- is in, F14 brings the window the cursor is in to the front or,
- if it is already at the front, pushes it to the back, and F15
+ so that <keycap>F13</keycap> iconifies (or de-iconifies) the window the cursor
+ is in, <keycap>F14</keycap> brings the window the cursor is in to the front or,
+ if it is already at the front, pushes it to the back, and <keycap>F15</keycap>
pops up the main Workplace (application) menu even if the
cursor is not on the desktop, which is useful if you do not have
any part of the desktop visible (and the logo on the key
@@ -10747,12 +10747,12 @@
<qandaentry>
<question id="multi-controlp">
- <para>Why do I have to hit CTRL+P twice to send CTRL+P
+ <para>Why do I have to hit <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>CTRL</keycap><keycap>P</keycap></keycombo> twice to send <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>CTRL</keycap><keycap>P</keycap></keycombo>
once?</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>CTRL+P is the default <quote>force</quote> character,
+ <para><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>CTRL</keycap><keycap>P</keycap></keycombo> is the default <quote>force</quote> character,
used to tell &man.tip.1;
that the next character is literal data. You can set the
force character to any other character with the
@@ -10764,8 +10764,8 @@
<replaceable>single-char</replaceable> is any single character.
If you leave out <replaceable>single-char</replaceable>,
then the force character is the nul character, which you can
- get by typing CTRL+2 or CTRL+SPACE. A pretty good value for
- <replaceable>single-char</replaceable> is SHIFT+CTRL+6, which
+ get by typing <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>CTRL</keycap><keycap>2</keycap></keycombo> or <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>CTRL</keycap><keycap>SPACE</keycap></keycombo>. A pretty good value for
+ <replaceable>single-char</replaceable> is <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>SHIFT</keycap><keycap>CTRL</keycap><keycap>6</keycap></keycombo>, which
I have seen only used on some terminal servers.</para>
<para>You can have the force character be whatever you want by
@@ -10782,21 +10782,21 @@
</question>
<answer>
- <para>You must have pressed CTRL+A, &man.tip.1;
+ <para>You must have pressed <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>CTRL</keycap><keycap>A</keycap></keycombo>, &man.tip.1;
<quote>raise character</quote>, specially
- designed for people with broken caps-lock keys. Use
+ designed for people with broken <keycap>Caps Lock</keycap> keys. Use
<literal>~s</literal> as above and set the variable
<quote>raisechar</quote> to something reasonable. In fact,
you can set it to the same as the force character, if you
never expect to use either of these features.</para>
<para>Here is a sample .tiprc file perfect for Emacs users who
- need to type CTRL+2 and CTRL+A a lot:</para>
+ need to type <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>CTRL</keycap><keycap>2</keycap></keycombo> and <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>CTRL</keycap><keycap>A</keycap></keycombo> a lot:</para>
<programlisting>force=^^
raisechar=^^</programlisting>
-<para>The ^^ is SHIFT+CTRL+6.</para>
+<para>The ^^ is <keycombo action="simul"><keycap>SHIFT</keycap><keycap>CTRL</keycap><keycap>6</keycap></keycombo>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
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