[openbeos] Re: Haiku-key

"Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > "Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > especially to a programmer.) As BeOS hogs both Alt keys,
> > the Alt-Gr function is lost. This has always been a problem 
> > for non-American BeOS users, or rather those who rely on
> > Alt-Gr. The Alt-Gr function needs another modifier key, which
> > is why the Windows Start keys are used. 
> > (I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but at some point there was 
> > actually a split Control key, to make up for the way BeOS 
> > needed both Alt keys.)
> 
> "Alt Gr" works just as expected with the German keymap;
> ie. there it doesn't make both the same.

While it's not impossible to have both a regular Alt-Gr 
and at the same time use the other Alt key for shortcuts, it's 
less great having only one shortcut key compared to having 
two shortcut keys. (I expect left handed to enjoy it even less.)

/Jonas Sundström.                www.kirilla.com

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