X keyboards & international characters

[ronnie gauthier]

Isn't Fn like a shift key for Fx

On Sat, 31 May 2003 17:19:38 -0600 - Collins
Richey
<erichey2 at attbi.com>
wrote
the following
Re: Re: X keyboards & international characters

>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.
>
>-- 
>Collins Richey - Denver Area
>gentoo stable - ext3
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