X keyboards & international characters

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, 31 May 2003 16:15:09 -0400
Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:

> An unnamed Administration source, Collins Richey, wrote:

> > 1. Where do you find a description about the exact meaning of
> > "PC101","PC104", "pickakeyboard layout", etc. ?  My keyboard is one
> > of the usual current generation with left and right CTL and ALT keys
> > and the three extra WinCruft keys.  What is the number?
> 
> Count the keys. I'm thinking that with your description, you'll have
> 104 keys, thus, you have PC104.
> 

I have 108 keys, all of which save one (Fn) return a scan code.  Fn
seems to be ignored.


> > 2. Where do you find the meaning of cryptic keycode descriptors like
> > "AltGr-" ?
> > 
> > 3. Where do you find the meaning of  "Compose Key" , "Meta Key" ,
> > "Mode n", etc. ?
> 
> Meta is either Esc or Alt. I don't know about the Mode keys - this has
> always confused me.
>  

Still no luck with composing characters.

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Collins Richey - Denver Area
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