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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] [Fwd: Alt Gr Key for French keyboard]
Date: Mon,  8 Dec 2003 23:22:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <004b01c3bdd9$d005cda0$64844051@SOMA> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3FD4E72A.6080305@myrealbox.com>

> Now, while looking at  the file /sys/src/cmd/usb/hid/kbd.c I was
> trying to enter the pound sign # while holding Alt Gr key and
> pressing the "3" key but it just gave me the character "3".

this is well known. iirc both alt and alt-gr generate 'compose'
and then you can type an arbitrary Rune. this is just wrong.

unfortunately, the kernel has changed so:

   http://www.insultant.net/repo/plan9/kbd.tar

would have to be ported it to 4th ed.

nemo has another solution, but i don't agree with it.

btw: i'm typing this on azerty.



  reply	other threads:[~2003-12-08 22:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-08 21:03 Country Joe
2003-12-08 22:22 ` boyd, rounin [this message]
2003-12-09  8:14   ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-12-09  8:17 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros

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