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Neil Stone wrote:
Bit of both i think.. I have a keyboard with those funky "hot" buttons (yeah right..)
I have those Windows keys on a PC105. I use xmodmap to make them correspond to something.... $ cat ~srw/.Xmodmap keycode 117 = Multi_key keycode 115 = F13 117 (The menu key) is now the X Windows "compose". "Compose" is used to create european and other weird characters, the idea is that a-umlaut 'ä' is "a" + '"'. Want an upside down question mark, then press "menu" "?" "?" -> ¿. I think some distro's map this for you on PC105 keyboards these days. Is that not so much easier than some other Windowing systems? I map left Windows button (115) to F13, as I can refer to F13 in KDE 1 when defining short cuts. The 12 hidden function keys are handy for redefining stray keys to X, I haven't had buttons for the extra function keys since I had a proper IBM keyboard (on a PC running IBM Dos version 1 (IIRC) - bits of the Met Office weren't quite as cutting edge as the Cray Supercomputers). (The magic numbers 115/117 can come from Xev, the keyboard manual, or other keyboard mapping tools). In the KDE 1, Global key settings I have mapped the "System Menu" to "F13" (instead of the previous two key short cut). You could use the "Standard Key" settings to map "iconify" to this key (via F13) for example, to minimise your current application. Not sure on rotating between applications, as KDE 1 doesn't make it obvious how this is done using "Alt + Tab". Of course in a "perfect" world I'd add these redefinitions to the PC105 map file, and not leave them in my home directory, but I don't cross mount my home directory to systems with totally alien keyboard layouts often. One day I'll figure out what "alt gr" is for ;-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.