From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 27 17:41:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA05316 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 17:41:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA05277 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 17:41:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA06363; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 20:40:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 20:40:08 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@localhost To: Warner Losh cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal In-Reply-To: <199803272357.QAA06361@harmony.village.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Warner Losh wrote: > > I've seen lots of requests for a sane "unix" keymap for PC keyboards > from time to time. I've created one that should do the trick for most > people. It is us.iso.kbd except: > ESCAPE and `~ are swapped > CTRL and CAPS LOCK are swapped > BACKSPACE and DELETE are swapped > I'm a little biased on the last one because I use Emacs so much, but > could easily kill it. > > I'd like to include it in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps as an alternative > keymap for people to use. It won't change the defaults, and people > using it I'm assuming will know how do have their delete backwards > character do the right thing when it is DEL rather than BS. > > Comments? I like the idea, and when it shows up, I'll probably use it. > > Warner > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message