Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 09:24:05 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, rickl@ic.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: possible sc0 problem Message-ID: <19971013092405.17126@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199710121830.UAA16761@rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de>; from Wolfgang Helbig on Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 08:30:13PM %2B0200 References: <29519.876676285@time.cdrom.com> <199710121830.UAA16761@rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de>
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On Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 08:30:13PM +0200, Wolfgang Helbig wrote: >> Before we blame Soren, what are we all talking about here? The Alt >> key is on the right now, as per my change to kbdtables.h, and the left > > At least on the german keyboard, the right ALT key (marked with ``Alt'') > is on the left side, and the right ALT key for switching to another > vtty is marked with ``Alt Gr''. > > So this might provoke some fun in FreeBSD-questions if a newbie is > guided to through installing 2.2.5 and is asked to press the right > ALT key and F2. > > The fun will not last long, so I suggest to backout this change. I can't recall that AltGr and a function key has any meaning. Does it? Otherwise we don't have a conflict here. We could, of course, go for the right Ctrl key instead. Does anybody know of any special use for it? Greghome | help
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