[haiku-development] Re: AltGr Key, key_map, and the US-International Keyboard

  • From: John Scipione <jscipione@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:28:09 -0400

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Rimas Kudelis <rq@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 2012.04.02 21:04, John Scipione rašė:
>> I can copy the US-International keymap to US (which has no characters
>> defined in the option maps) but make it default to NOT defining an
>> AltGr key, rather defining a right Alt key by default. That means you
>> won't be able to select any special characters in the US keymap, but,
>> you'll be able to select AltGr in the Modifier keys window if you want
>> them. I am currently in the process of updating that dialog to support
>> AltGr with a few other enhancements. So much for the idea of US
>> staying version 3!
>
> But IMO, it's rather pointless. If a person wants US keymap with clutter in
> AltGr, they can just choose the international keymap... Unless you would
> remove one of the keymaps, but then people would complain that their keymap
> is gone.. :)

You're right, just keep US version 3 (as is) and if you want AltGr and
the special characters it provides select US-International. You can
then turn off AltGr in US-International to get back to US if you want,
although that would be kind of silly.

John Scipione

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