Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:50:49 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: keymaps Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901221044330.75880-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199901220815.RAA15900@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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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. -john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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